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Compliments  of  the  author, 

CHAS.  F.  MAY. 


The  DeviPs  Rebellion 


AND 


The  Reason  Why 


By 

CHAS.  F.  MAY. 


OUR  CENTRAL  THOUGHT. 
Out  of  the  crucible  of  life's   adverse    experi- 
ences come  the  gems  of  thought  which  crown  the 
brow  of  mortal  and  elevate  us  to    a    nearer   rela- 
tionship with  the  Deity. — The  Author. 


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Copyright,    1910, 

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Chas.  F.  May. 

(All  rights  reserved.) 


DEDICATION 


This  book  is  dedicated  to  you,  Gentle  Reader, 
and  to  all  the  countless  millions  who  inhabit 
our  earth;  and  if  it  will  prove  a  stepping-stone 
to  greater  knowledge,  a  key  to  wealth,  or  a 
guide  to  more  lasting  happiness,  the  purpose  for 
which  it  has  been  written  will  have  been  ac- 
complished. 


204050  ' 


SATAN'S  PLEA 


The  devil  bobs  up  serenely, 
With  this  diabolical  plea: 
'  I'm  not  as  bad  as  the  other  chap; 
Get  busy,  but  don't  bother  me.'» 


ILLUSTRATIONS 


PAGE 
The  author— a  photograph:  frontispiece 

The  new  made  world 66 

The  fight  between  Michael  and  Satan  -        -92 


CONTENTS. 


PREFACE, 
Can  You  T^i,!.?  (a  poem). 

PAG  E 

In  which  are  asked  the  questions  that  are 
answered  in  this  book..  ., 9 

Introductory  Remarks. 

In  which  is  shown  the  effect  of  opposition  on 
character-building  19 

PART  FIRST. 

Chapter  I.— Thk  Probi^ems  of  Life. 

In  which  are  discussed  questions  pertaining 
to  the  Deity,  the  devil,  heaven,  hell,  the 
Trinity,  and  "Divine  lyove"  (a  poem) 31 

Chapter  II. — Their  Soi^ution. 

In  which  is  discussed  man's  origin,  his  train- 
ing, his  conscience,  and  his  ultimate  des- 
tination   41 

Chapter  III.— Obedience. 
In  which  is  an  interesting,   thrilling  story  of 
life,  illustrating  nature's  imperative  demand 
for   implicit   obedience 52 

PART  SECOND, 

Chapter  IV.— The  Devii^'s  Work. 

In  which  we  tell  of  Satan's  diabolical  schemes 
and  give  a  glimpse  of  his  future  abode 56 

Chapter  V. — The  Devii^'s  Treason. 
In   which   is  told   how   the  devil  rebels  and 

seizes  a  system  of  worlds 63 

6 


Chaptejr  VI. — War  in  the:  Heiavens. 

In  which  we  tell  what  the  sun,  moon,  our 
world,  and  the  comets  were  before  the  be- 
ginning of  time;  and  how,  because  of  the 
devil's  rebellion,  they  were  transformed 
into  their  present  relative  positions  and 
conditions , 81 


PART  THIRD. 
Chapter  VII. — Satan  and  the  Fi^ood. 

In  which  we  tell  of  Satan's  seven  periods  of 
existence,  the  reason  for  an  antediluvian, 
tropical  state  of  our  earth,  and  for  the  flood..  105 

Chapter  VIII.— The  Jews'  Karthi^y  Kingdom 
(yet  to  come) . 

In  which  we  tell  of  man's  seven  periods  of 
existence,  discuss  the  Jews'  future  political 
sovereignty,  and  the  theological  questions 
relating  to  the  Jews,  the  Christians  and  the 
heathen,  and  define  their  relative  positions 
in  God's  future  heavenly  kingdom 132 

CONCLUSION, 
Chapter  IX. 

In  which  we  tell  how,  for  celestial  beings, 
distance  is  annihilated,  and  discuss  the 
fallacies  of  Christian  Science,  give  a  vivid 
description  of  hell,  tell  where  and  what  it  is 
now  (in  which  the  "bound  angels"  are  con- 
fined)  what  and  where  hell  will  eventually 
be,  and  when  Christ  will  come  again,  and — 
Prophecy  (a  poem) 178 


INDEX  OF  SUBJECTS. 


Strength  gained  by  opposition ^ 21 

Why,    and  how  is   God  everywhere,  and  the 

trinity , 38 

What  is  the  unpardonable  sin 55 

Will  the  earth  be  the  Devil's  hell 61 

The  Devil  makes  a  system  of  worlds 64 

The  first  oath  uttered,  the  first  lie 69 

"Bound  angels'*  assigned  their  "estates" 70 

The  Devil's  throne i 75 

Satan  hurls  a  burning  world  at  God's  throne..  80 
The  explosion  which  gave  the  meteors  birth...  85 

It  was  thus  the  comets  had  their  birth 88 

The  earth  made  of  burning  world  fragments...  94 

Origin  of  the  sun  and  moon 96 

Rebellious  princes  made  to  guide  the  comets.  100 

Animals  breed  indiscriminately ^ 107 

No  rainbow  before  the  flood 112 

Concerning  the  age  of  our  earth 115 

Our  earth  the  nursery  of  the  universe 121 

Christ  supplants  Satan 128 

Millennial  political  laws 147 

The  greatest  miracle  (the  Jews).., 148 

The  reason  for  the  Christ — the  reason  for  man.170 

Did  God  make  a  mistake 173 

Vibration,  God's   wireless  telegraphy 182 

Fallacies  of  Christian  Science 188 

Where  is  hell? 199 

Our  earth  is  hollow 97,  203 

The  ''bound  angels'  "  reception  of  Satan 206 

When  will  Christ  come  again? 210 

Historical  proofs  of  Christ's  second  coming... 217 

The  final  summons ....223 

8 


^^>^  OF   THE 


PREFACE 


CAN  YOU  TELL? 

In  which  are  asked  the  questions 
That  are  answered  in  this  book. 

CREATION. 

Pause  thou,  vain  man,  for  I  would  question; 

Tell  me  of  things  that  seemeth  great; 
Give  me  a  vision,  before  time  was, 

Of  worlds  in  their  chaotic  state. 
Behold  the  moon  in  yon  azure  sky; 

The  sun,  that  gives  us  light  by  day; 
Have  you  seen  the  blazing  comet-worlds. 

That  come  and  go  o'er  heaven's  broad  way? 
Can  you  tell  me  when  all  these  were  born? 

What  convulsions  rent  heaven's  dome 
That  made  the  comets  *' wandering  stars," 

Throughout  eternity  to  roam? 
Wilt  tell  of  the  conglomerate  masses; 

In  the  distant  past  when  our  world, 
Misshapen,  "without  form  and  void?" 

Was  it  from  out  of  chaos  hurled. 
And  then,  for  ages  upon  ages 

Time's  unrelenting  foot  had  trod, 
Until  a  natural  sphere  was  formed. 

Created  first  by  nature's  God? 
Seest  thou   all  these  rugged  mountains, 

Resting  on  the  breast  of  mother  earth; 
Canst  realize  the  awful  grandeur 

Of  her  travail  when  they  had  birth? 


10  The   Devil's  Rebellion, 


MAN'S  CONDITION  AND  DEvSTlNATlON. 

Tell  me,  if  there  was  any  sunshine, 

When  this  old  world  of  ours  was  made, 
Why  the  architect  of  all  the  worlds 

Put  into  ours  so  much  of  shade? 
Come,  answer  at  the  bar  of  reason, 

For  I  would  know  the  reason  why, 
If  we  are  ''made  in  God's  own  image," 

Canst  tell  me  why  we. all  must  die? 
Tell  me  about  the   heathen    nations 

Who  do  not  know  "the  living  God;" 
They  who  never  heard  of  Jesus  Christ, 

Must  they  all  "saps  beneath  the  rod?" 
If  God  is  love  and  full  of  mercy 

What  thinkest  thou,  or  can  you  tell. 
Will  it  serve  the  ends  of  justice  best 

To  leave  the  heathen  all  in  hell? 
Or,  is  there  provision  in  God's  great  plan 

For  the  just  heathen  man  to  be, 
When  the  dead  of  every  clime  are  raised, 

A  part  of  His  great  company? 
Then,  if  this  be  true,  why  did  God  send 

"His  Son  to  die  upon  the  tree?" 
Or,  if  there  are  degrees  in  heaven. 

What  will  their  "crowns  of  glory"  be? 


And  the  Reason  Why.  13 


DBSTRUCTION. 

Wilt  tell  me  of  Christ's  "second  coming?" 

Dost  know  about  what  "year  of  grace?" 
Predict  the  ending  of  this,  our  world, 

When  it  will  be  "moved  out  of  place." 
Canst  tell  of  God's  eternal  purpose, 

Where  in  the  Bible  we  have  learned 
That,   when  our  time  on  earth  is  finished, 

All  that  remains  will  then  be  burned: 
And  when,  like  the  blazing  comet  worlds, 

"The  earth  will  flee  away,"  and  then, 
'Reel  to  and  fro  like  a  drunken  man," 

"Shall  fall  and  will  not  rise  again?" 
If  "the  elements  shall  melt  with  heat;" 

The  earth   become  a  burning  hell, 
Will  it  be  the  devil's   last  abode, 

Where  he   and  all  his  imps  will  dwell? 
Why  then  does  Satan  try  to  lead  us 

Away  from  God,  where  we  will  be 
Inhabitants  of  that  burning  world, 
•   And  keep  the  devil  company? 
Is  it  true  that   there  is  a  devil 

That  worketh  evil  in  this  life? 
Can  you  tell  me  why,  if  God  is  good. 

He  allows  so  much  sin  and  strife? 


12  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 


Sayest  thou  'tis  Satan  who  does  this  wrong, 

Makes  havoc  of  God's  handiwork, 
Makes  trouble  between  friends  and  brothers, 

Turns  brightest  sunshine  into  dark? 
Can  you  tell  me  who  the  devil  was 

And  what  he  did  to  merit  hell; 
Braved  the  anger  of  his  Creator, 

As  lightning  from  the  heavens  fell? 


EJXPIyANATlON. 


Now  listen;    I  have  solved  these  problems. 

Their  whys  and  wherefores   plainly  see; 
And  I  will  lead  you  to  this  knowledge. 

If  you   will  only  follow  me. 
Between  the  covers  of  this  small  book 

You'll  find  there  is  revealed  to  man 
How,  through  the  devil's  great  rebellion. 

Came  interference  with  God's  plan; 
Until  through  troubles  and  even  death, 

The  souls  of  men  are  glorified; 
Then  will  they   help   God  rule   the   worlds; 

For  'twas  for  this  the  Saviour  died. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  13 

As  is  indicated  by  the  foregoing  lines, 
the  author  of  THE  DEVIL^S  REBEL- 
UON,  AND  THE  REASON  WHY, 
like  Lieutenant  Peary,  who,  in  the  mas- 
ter of  geological  research,  went  far 
beyond  the  known  into  what  has  hither- 
to been  the  great  mysterious  unknown, 
so  we  have  left  the  ordinary  beaten 
track  of  literary  effort  and,  starting  from 

•  what  is  known,  have  gone  back  beyond 
the  beginning  of  time, — have  reasoned 
from  effect  back  to  cause,  and  have  fully 
analyzed  the  why  and  wherefore  of  all 
things, — physical     and    spiritual,    dis- 

^  cernible  and  invisible.  We  tell  of  the 
devil's    origin — who    he    was;    of    his 

'  temptation;  his  first  sin;  of  **the  first 
oath  uttered  and  the  first  gigantic  can- 
cerous lie  that  ever  rang  the  changes 
amid  the  celestial  worlds." 

We  locate  hell  and  establish  the  **new 
heaven"  and  the  '*new  earth"  that  is  to 
be,  in  the  account  of  whose  construction 


14  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

and  utilization  is  vividly  portrayed  the 
relentless  irony  of  fate  for  the  devil  and 
his  angels;  and,  before  and  after,  and 
all  through  the  wonderful  allegorical* 
revelation  in  our  story,  is  fully  shown 
the  reason  why  and  where  everything 
does,  and  forever  will,  touch  the  life 
and  personality  of  mortals. 

Nothing  in  human  experience  so 
thrills  the  heart  as  to  see  a  villain 
caught  in  the  meshes  of  a  snare*  he  has 
set  for  others: — it  represents  the  acme 
of  just  punishment  summarily  meted 
out  to  the  guilty  designer.  In  his  en- 
deavor to  cause  Job  to  lose  his  integrity 
and  '^ curse  God,"  the  devil  brought  fire 
down  upon  Job's  sheep  and  servants  and 
destroyed  them;t  so  we  are  not  sur- 
prised that,  at  the  '^battle  of  Arma- 
geddon, "J  God  will,  in  like  manner, 
destroy  the  deviPs  armies  who  come 
against  the  **beloved  city."  Therefore, 
as  we  have  set  forth  and  fully  described 

*Isa.  24:18-20.  f  Job  1:16.   |  Rev.  16:16  and  20:9. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  15 

in  this  book,  we  claim  it  requires  no 
stretch  of  imagination  to  believe  that 
Satan  was  the  originator  (not  creator) 
of  the  bell  in  which  he  must  spend 
eternity. 

The  devil  is  not  gifted  with  fore- 
sight,— is  not  a  prophet;  therefore  can 
not  truthfully  predict  what  the  future 
holds  in  store;  being  a  notorious  liar 
himself  he  discredits  even  what  God 
has  said;  so  he  persistently  continues 
his  hellish  work,  probably  hoping  to  at 
least  effect  a  compromise  with  God,  and 
thus  be  able  to  set  up  a  kingdom 
somewhere  in  the  depths  of  unlimited 
space; — away  from  God,  where  he  will 
not  be  interfered  with,  for  there  is 
nothing  the  devil  wants  so  much  as  to 
be  let  alone ^  ignored. 

Altho  not  written  with  the  specific 
intention  of  refuting  the  doctrines  of 
'^Christian  Science,"  this  book  is  a 
complete  refutation  of  the  idea  that 
material  matter  has  no  part  in  the  future 


16  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

life,  either  of  heaven  or  hell.  It  is  also 
diametrically  opposed  to  the  **no  devil" 
theory  of  Christian  Science,  in  that  it 
gives  full  credence  to  the  existence  of  a 
personal  devil  and  clearly  defines  the 
necessity  for  Satan  in  the  development 
of  God's  plans. 

When  beginning  this  work  we  sub- 
mitted a  portion  of  it  to  our  Pater  Faniil- 
as  for  his  inspection  and  criticism, 
his  comments  were:  '*Only  Dante  and 
Milton  have  written  with  any  degree  of 
success  upon  the  deviPs  endeavor  to 
thwart   the  will  of  God.'' 

If  judged  from  a  literary  point  of  view 
both  these  writers  were  a  success.  They 
did  indeed  fire  heavy  cartridges  into  the 
air,  but  were  they  not  blank  and,  like 
brilliant  meteors,  furnish  only  a  flash  of 
temporary  illumination,  then  go  out  in 
darkness,  leaving  the  minds  of  mortals 
more  beclouded  than  before  their  advent 
— leaving  but  a  vague  impression  of  an 
awful  something,  but  located  nowhere — 


And  the  Reason  Why.  17 

devoid   of   satisfying,    lasting    results? 

In  other  words,  neither  writer  seemed 
to  have  had  a  specific  object  in  view, 
and  so  failed  to  accomplish  any  definite 
purpose.  Did  they  leave  the  world  any 
wiser,  better,  or  richer?  They  wrote 
upon  a  subject,  information  about  which 
comes  from  but  one  source;  and  then, 
did  not  both  commit  the  folly  of  failing 
to  utilize  that  source  to  verify  their 
flights  of  fancy?  Imaginative  genius 
soared  to  lofty  heights,  but  found  no 
rest  for  weary  wings;  noble  vessels 
sailed  waters  of  unfathomable  depth,  but 
found  no  place  for  anchorage;  God's 
domain  was  invaded  without  so  much  as 
a,  **by  your  leave;''  but  little  written  by 
them  was  backed  by  a,  *Hhus  saith  the 
Lord." 

In  this  volume  will  be  found  not  only 
how  the  sun,  moon,  comets  and  our 
earth  were  formed,  born  in  due  season 
for  a  specific  purpose  and  ushered  out  of 
the  nebular  state,  but  the  reason  why  is 

(2) 


18  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

clearly  demonstrated  and  their  relation 
to  man,  past,  present  and  future,  is 
made  plain;  man,  the  central  figure  of 
creation  and  God's  greatest  handiwork. 
We  show  that  sin  was  not  an  unforer 
seen,  accidental  interference  with  God's 
plans,  but,  altho-voluntarily  introduced 
by  Satan,  that  it  is  a  sharpened  tool  by 
the  use  of  which  his  work  is  being  pro- 
moted, and  that  both  Satan  and  his 
hideous  offspring,  sin,  if  rightly  utilized, 
are  but  'stepping-stones  upon  which 
mortals  may  climb  to  greater  heights 
and  degrees  of  power,  honor,  glory  and 
usefulness  in  the  economy  of  God's 
government  beyond  the  grave,  after 
time  shall  cease  to  be;  hence,  the  reason 
for  the  devil's  rebellion,  so  graphically 
described  herein: 

If  you  read  this  book  and  follow  us 

We  will  take  you  into  the  air; 
But,  believe  us,  friend,  we  promise  you 

We  surely  will  not  leave  you  there. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  19 


INTRODUCTORY  REMARKS 

In  which  is  shown  the  effect  of  opposition  on 
character-building. 


We  deem  it  quite  essential  that  the 
preface  of  a  book  be  read  first;*  it  is  the 
book's  credentials.  Having  read  the 
preface  one  can  judge  whether  or  not 
they  care  to  become  acquainted  with  the 
author  of  the  book. 

In  this  book  the  introductory  remarks 
are  its  foundation  stones;  part  first,  its 
sills;  part  second,  its  walls;  and  part 
third  is  the  roof,  so  that  without  any 
one  of  these  the  building  is  incomplete, 
but,  taken  as  a  whole,  we  have  a 
symmetrical,  substantial,  and  useful 
structure. 

There  is  a  certain  organization  of  pro- 
fessing Christians,  who,  though  they 
dogmatically  assert  that  material  things 
are  riot,  as  dogmatically  affirm  that 
**  thoughts     are     things."      With     the 


20  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

almighty,  omnipotent  Ruler,  the  latter 
assertion  is  true:  **The  worlds  were 
framed  by  the  word  of  God,  so  that 
things  which  are  seen  were  not  made  of 
things  which  do  appear,"  and  **God 
said  let  there  be  light,  and  there  was" 
light."  It  is  admitted  by  all  thiat  none 
but  God,  with  whom  is  included  Christ 
and  the  Holy  Spirit,  can  create;  but  if 
thoughts  are  things,  the  scope  of  crea- 
tive power  is  enlarged  so  as  to  embrace 
every  intelligent  creature  in  heaven  and 
on  earth. 

Let  us  analyze  human  thought  and 
see  what  can  be  made  of  it:  We  will 
take  the  boy  or  girl  who  is  reared  in 
the  country,  away  from  the  world's 
hurry  and  worry  and  contact  one  with 
another,  away  from  the  mad  scramble 
for  wealth  and  power.  Every  day,  with 
the  country  boy  or  girl,  there  is  time 
for  '^flights  of  fancy."  Down  in  the 
big  woods  pasture  the  squirrels  swing 
in  lazy  indolence  in  the  topmost  boughs 


And  the  Reason  Why.  21 

of  the  trees,  or,  sitting  on  the  half-de- 
cayed trunk  of  some  fallen  **monarch  of 
the  woods,''  crack  their  nuts,  unmind- 
ful of  the  boy  lying  at  full  length  at  the 
foot  of  some  stately  walnut  tree;  while 
the  oreole  and  linnet  are  alike  indiffer- 
ent to  his  presence.  Here  we  have  con- 
ditions ideal  for  meditation,  and  incip- 
ient, untrammeled  thought  might  be 
expected  to  produce  momentous  results; 
but  does  it?  While  it  is  in  a  measure 
true  that  uninterrupted  meditation  and 
concentration  of  thought  are  essential 
to  the  solution  of  intricate  problems,  it 
is  also  a  fixed  law  of  nature  that  the 
floating  chunk,  unobstructed,  will  not 
make  a  ripple  on  the  surface  of  the 
most  placid  waters;  therefore  we  affirm 
that  thought,  unopposed,  lies  dormant. 
There  may  be  the  latent  power  and 
slumbering  genius  of  a  Na;poleon  in  that 
boy,  but  without  a  counter-resisting 
force,  a  strike  of  flint  on  steel,  no 
illuminating    spark    will    be    emitted. 


22  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

Brilliant  ideas,  like  bright  children,  are 
not  born  of  single  parentage.  The  car- 
mine and  gold  hues  that  paint  the 
gauzy  wings  of  the  butterfly  are  ob- 
tained only  by  the  pressure  of  the  orifice 
of  the  chrysalis  when  the  insect 

Spurns  its  sheU  so  dead  and  dry, 
And  wings  its  flight  toward  the  sky. 

As  a  further  proof  of  our  position, 
let  us  illustrate:  A  child,  reared  in  the 
home  of  Christian  parents,-  to  a  certain 
degree  imbibes  his  religious  ideas,  giv- 
ing but  little  thought  to  the  underlying 
principles  of  what  he  believes,  and  if  he 
be  continually  sufiounded  by  influences 
of  the  same  trend  of  thought,  by  peo- 
ple of  the  same  religious  persuasion  or 
creed,  whether  it  be  Christian  or  Mo- 
hammedan or  any  of  the  hundreds  of 
existing  religions,  he  will  drift  through 
life  believing  and  doing  as  his  fathers 
did  before  him;  singing  the  same  tune, 
whethear  it  be  a  harmony  or  a  rasping 
discord.     But  once  let  this  same  boy  be 


And  the  Reason  Why.  23 

associated  with  some  one  whose  ag- 
gressive religious  ideas  are  diametrical- 
ly opposed  to  his,  and  the  crucial  test 
of  adverse  criticism  will  awaken  his 
latent  energy  and  start  a  healthier  train 
of  thought  and  research  that  will  lead 
to  one  of  three  things: — He  will  either 
become  more  thoroughly  grounded  in 
his  belief,  or  reject  it  and  espouse  that 
of  his  opponent,  or  he  will  repudiate  all 
religious  ideas,  and  either  drift  into 
utter  indifference,  or  become  antagonis- 
ic  to  organized  religious  effort.  Ex- 
perience has  taught  that  the  latter 
course  is  usually  the  result.  It  may  be 
right,  proper,  and  safe  for  him  to  take 
either  the  first  or  the  second  course.  If 
his  youthful  religious  instruction  has 
been  * 'according  to  the  Scriptures,  *'  we 
take  the  position  that  he  should,  and  in 
nine  cases  out  of  ten,  will  become  more 
confirmed  in  his  belief,  no  matter  what 
the  opposing  forces  may  be;  while  if 
his  early  training  has  been  erroneous, 


24  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

and  his  opponent  is  a  consecrated  Chris- 
tian, then  it  is  right  that  he  should 
espouse  that  opponent's  ideas,  **forget- 
ting  the  things  that  are  behind,''  and 
**press  toward  the  mark  for  the  prize  of 
the  high  calling  of  God  in  Jesus 
Christ." 

There  is  yet  another,  a  very  import- 
ant side  to  this  question,  the  one  to 
which  this  book  is  chiefly  devoted. 
The  religious  training  of  the  boy  or 
girl  may  have  been  correct  as  far  as  it 
goes,  but  parents,  and  even  teachers, 
are  often  unable  to  answer  many  of  the 
perplexing  questions  the  devil's  agents 
take  delight  in  propounding;  questions 
not  essential  to  the  saving  of  a  human 
soul,  but  nevertheless  of  sufficient  in- 
terest to  arouse  an  earnest  desire  on  the 
part  of  the  thoughtful  student  to  want 
to  know  their  solution. 

In  the  foregoing  we  have  given  a 
glimpse  of  a  part  of  onr  own  youth  and 
young  manhood.     While  we  were  rea- . 


And  the  Reason  Why.  25 

•  sonably  satisfied  with  life,  we  were  of 
an  enquiring  turn  of  mind,  unwilling 
to  accept,  as  truth,  dogmatic  statements 
that  were  unsupported  by  positive 
proofs,  or  that  appeared  to  be  contrary 
to  reason;  therefore,  the  questions  pro- 
pounded in  our  preface  poem  made  a 
deep  impression  on  our  mind,  because 
of  our  inability  to  comprehend  their  re- 
lation to  our  preparation  for  fit  subjects 
of  God^s  kingdom.  For  a  time  they 
obscured .  our  vision  of  the  glorious  op- 
portunity to  gain  wealth,  **and  glory, 
and  honor,  and  power''  that  is  placed 
within  our  reach,  if,  instead  of  allowing 
the  obstacles,  put  in  our  way  by  Satan, 
to  obstruct  our  progress,  we  utilize  them 
as  stepping-stones  upon  which  to  climb 
to  the  exalted  position  made  possible  by 
this  same  deviPs  work.  After  long 
years  of  thoughtful  study  and  research 
we  are  able  to  understand  much  of  the 
scope  and  grandeur  of  the  Creator's 
plans, 


26  The  Devirs  Rebellion, 

^  Man  is  so  closely  related  to  his  Maker 
that  it  is  perfectly  natural  for  him  to 
want  to  share  with  his  fellow-men  any 
gfood  thing  that  may  come  into  his  pos- 
session; therefore,  when  we  had  solved 
these  problems, — could  plainly  see  their 
whys  and  wherefores,  we  determined  to 
write  them  in  a  book,  and  thus  place  in 
the  hands  of  the  coming  generation  a 
sharpened  sword  of  knowledge  with 
which  to  '^quench  the  fiery  darts  of  the 
adversary,''  and  give  them  a  compre- 
hensive, a  better  and  a  bigger  idea  o 
God's  eternal  purpose. 

We  offer  no  apology  for  introducing 
the  devil  as  a  subject  to  be  discussed. 
We  deem  it  much  wiser,  and  far  better, 
to  be  thoroughly  conversant  with  Satan 
for  a  time  here,  and  learn  to  understand 
his  diabolical  and  persistent  efforts  to  do 
us  an  injury,  than  to  be  led  blindly  by 
his  treacherous  cunning  into  a  close 
relationship  with  him  that  will  last 
through  all  eternity. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  27 

The  general  who  can  anticipate  his 
opponent's  movements,  has  the  battle 
half  won;  so  we  affirm  that  if,  on  the 
morning  of  the  battle  of  Waterloo, 
Napoleon  had  understood  Wellington's 
designs  as  well  as  we  understand  the 
wiles  of  the  devil,  the  isle  of  Saint 
Helena  woulH  not  have  been  the  prison 
until  the  death  of  France's  greatest 
military  genius. 

The  man  who  undertakes  to  whip  the 
devil  will  find  him  incased  in  a  coat 
of  mail,  fully  prepared  to  engage  in 
offensive  and  defensive  warfare;  but  he 
who  would  serve  his  Satanic  Majesty 
will  find  him  an  unreasoning  autocrat 
with  an  empty  purse. 

If  you  would  learn  why  and  how  Satan 
descended  in  the  scale  from '  *the  anointed 
Cherub"*  to  the  position  of  false 
teacher,  enemy  and  persecutor  of  our 
race;  an  enemy  whose  ensign  is  black 

*Kzek.  28:14. 


28  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

and  whose  battle-cry  is,  *^No  quarter 
asked  or  given;''  an  enemy  with  whom 
war  is  equivalent  to  extermination,  a 
war  where  victory  for  us  means  life, 
defeat  means  death,  read,  study  and 
understand  this  book. 

We  will  also  tell  you  when,  how,  of 
what,  and  why  this  world  was  made, 
why  you,  and  the  billion  of  other  mortals 
have,  and  will  yet  inhabit  it. 

If  I  should  come  to  you  with  a  legal 
document  in  my  hand,  call  you  by  name 
and  tell  you  a  w^ealthy  relative  of  yours 
had  died,  and  had  mentioned  you  as 
heir  .  to  a  million  dollars,  full  proof  of 
which  was  contained  in  the  document 
which  I  assure  you  is  his  **last  will  and 
testament,"  you  would  be  all  attention 
at  once.  And  when  you  saw  your 
**name  written  there"  as  a  beneficiary, 
all  other  matters,  whether  of  business 
or  pleasure,  would  be  forgotten*  until 
you  had  mastered  every  detail,  no  matter 
how  intricate,    of   the   conditions  with 


And  the  Reason  Why.     .  ^^ 

which  you  had  to  comply  to  come  into 
possession  of  the  million  dollars.  I  say 
you  would  do  this  regardless  of  your 
physical  or  mental  condition  (if  you 
retained  your  reasoning  faculties),  re- 
gardless of  your  environment,  or  rela- 
tion to  any  and  all  other  human  beings, 
or  to — the  devil;  because  it  would  be  a 
matter  of  business,  an  opportunity  to 
enjoy  life,  untrammeled  by  poverty's 
galling  bond^. 

On  the  other  hand,  though  I  am  able 
to  furnish  proof  positive  that  you  may 
not  only  inherit  untold  wealth,  but  may 
be  crowned  a  king  with  greater  ^*glory, 
and  honor,  and  power,''  than  has  the 
sovereign  of  England,  if  my  proposition 
is  one  of  religion,  if  the  devil  is  your 
*4naster,"  you  will  lose  all  interest  in  the 
matter,  and  will  not  read  the  document. 

Right  now^  gentle  reader,  if  you  are 
losing  interest  in,  and  are  tempted  to 
cast  this  book  aside,  it  is  because  you 
are  just   so  much  a  slave  of  his  Satanic 


30  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

Majesty.  **Know  ye  not,  that  to  whom 
ye  yield  yourselves  to  obey,  his  servants 
ye  are?''  Are  you  a  free  man,  or 
woman,  and  will  you  conquer  the  devil? 
Then  read  of  the  reason  why  you  exist 
and  of  the  rebellion;  because  of  which 
Satan  fell  and  became  our  tempter  and 
the  absolute  master  of  so  many  of  our 
race,  who  are  made  in  the  **image  and 
likeness  of  God,"  and  may  become 
**heirs  and  joint  heirs  with  Jesus  Christ," 
into  whose  hands  are  **  given  all  things 
in  heaven  and  in  earth."*  If  you  are 
interested,  it  is  because  the  flash-light 
of  God's  Divine  Spirit  has  crossed  the 
pathway  of  your  intellect.  To-day  you 
are  master  of  your  own  destiny. 

Again  I  say,  are  you  a  slave,  or  are 
you  free?  **If  the  Son  therefore  ^hall 
make  you  free,  ye  shall  be  free  indeed,  "t 
*^And  ye  shall  know  the  truth,  and  the 
truth  shall  make  you  free."t 

*  Matt.  28:18.       t  John  8:36.       X  John  8:32. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  31 

PART  FIRST. 

THE  PROBLEMS  OF  LIFE, 

CHAPTER  I. 

In  which  are  discussed  questions  pertaining  to 
the  Deity,  the  devil,  heaven,  hell,  the  Trinity 
and, — "Divine  lyove?"  (a  poem). 

Probably  there  is  no  man,  woman,  or 
child,  who  has  arrived  at  an  age  of  ac- 
countability and  who  has  sound  reason- 
ing faculties,  that  has  not  pondered  over 
and  been  puzzled  by  the  problems  of 
human  existence.  Many  theological 
questions  are  discussed,  questions  as  to 
whether  or  not  there  is  a  personal  all- 
powerful  being,  in  bodily  form,  we  call 
God,  and  a  literal  personal  Devil;  or 
merely  a  mysterious  mythical  nonentity, 
(called  by  some,  *^First  cause,'^)  and 
but  an  indescribable  **Evil  Influence.'' 
No  particular  objection  is  raised  to  an 
idealistic,  spiritual,  or  a  literal  heaven 


S^  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

that  is,  or  is  to  be,  tho  opinions  differ 
as  to  where  it  is  to  be,  (whether  this 
earth,  or  some  other  sphere  is  to  be 
God's  central  seat  of  government).* 
But  strenuous  objections  are  raised  and 
determined  opposition  is  offered  to  a 
literal,  fire-and-brimstone  hell,  as  a 
future  habitation  for  the  devil,  his 
angels,  and  unredeemed  mortals. t 

In  our  youth  one  of  the  most  perplex- 
ing questions  we  were  confronted  with 
was  to  harmonize  the  very  real  troubles 
of  pain  and  sickness,  sin  and  death, 
with  justice  to  man,  who,  tho  undis- 
puted master  and  governor  of  all  earthly 
things,  is  as  helpless  as  a  molecule  in 
the  hands  of  the  Creator  of  the  uni- 
verse. J 

The  student  may  wade  through 
volumes  of  books  containing  the  most 
learned  thought  of  the  age,  finding  a 
gem   of    thought   here,    a   bright   idea 

*  Rev.  21:1-3.       f  Luke  16:23,  24.      %  Isa.  29:16. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  33 

there;  but,  unless- he  has  spme  definite 
motive,  some  thought  he  is  determined  to 
demonstrate,  magnify,  and  enlarge  upon, 
little  or  nothing  will  be  accomplished; 
for  only  by  faithful  and  determined 
pursuit  of  knowledge  along  specific  lines, 
may  one  rise  to  a  position  of  competent 
instructor.  With  this  idea  paramount, 
the  author  has  searched  for  the  reasons 
for  man's  existence,  the  cause  of  his 
troubles  and  their  relation  to  his  future 
operations  in  the  economy  of  universal 
government  beyond  the  grave. 

Life's  experiences  have  taught  us 
that  we  appreciate  the  good  more  by 
having  first  experienced  or  by  having 
been  brought  in  contact  with  evil. 
Pleasures  are  doubled  by  being  pre- 
ceded by  trouble  and  pain;  mind  and 
muscles  are  strengthened  by  exercise. 
Washington  passed  through  Valley  Forge 
to  the  highest  pinnacle  of  fame.  Joseph 
was  not  a  miscreant  that  he  should  have 
been  punished  by  being  sold  into  slavery, 

(3) 


34  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

where  his  virtue  was  rewarded  by  three 
years  of  imprisonment;  but.  who  will 
deny  that  he  was  a  stronger,  wiser,  and 
more  contented  ruler  because  of  his 
adverse  experiences. 

His  life  was  a  type  of  the  Christ;  i,  ^. , 
Joseph  sold  into  slavery  (Christ  in  the 
flesh);  Joseph  was  condemned,  im- 
prisoned and  forgotten  (Christ  was  con- 
demned by  false  accusations  and  was 
crucified);  Joseph  was  three  years  in 
prison  (Christ  was  three  days^  in  the 
tomb);  Joseph  was  released  and  made 
governor  of  all  Egypt  (Christ  broke  the 
bars  of  death,  arose  glorified  and  is 
crowned  prince  of  heaven,  '^Captain  of 
our  salvation,"  and,  under  God,  ruler  of 
the  universe).  So,  God's  chosen  people, 
the  Jews,  were  subjected  to  bondage  in 
Egypt,  not  because  of  sins  they  had 
committed,  but  that  they  might  more 
fully  enjoy  the  land  of  Canaan.  And 
this  is  a  type: —    .. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  35 

First,  of  our  earthly  pilgrimage  and 
heavenly  home. 

Second,  the  two  hundred  and  fifty 
Jewish  princes  that  rebelled  and  were 
swallowed  up  by  the  earth  in  the  wilder- 
ness,* are  a  type  of  a  certain  class  of 
angels,  who  rebelled  and  are  now  in  hell. 

Third,  the  earth  that  swallowed  them 
up,  represents  hell;t  and,t 

Fourth,  all  the  old  Jewish  stock, 
which  typifies  our  bodies,  died  in  the 
wilderness,  except  Caleb  and  Joshua, 
who  typify  Enoch  and  Elijah,  who  did 
not  die  but  were  ** translated."  So  we 
find  reasons  for  mortal  life  and  experi- 
ence. 

Then,  too,  we  learn  from  the  Holy 
Writ,  without  first  having  practical  ex- 
perience in  combating  evil  and  over- 
coming temptation,  the  responsibility 
placed  upon  certain  angels,  of  whom  no 


*  Numbers  16:1-3  and  32.     f  Note,  see  page  174, 
X  Rev.  9:1-2. 


36  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

doubt  the  devil  was  leader,  was  so  great 
that  they  **felP.'  (voluntarily  of  course), 
from  their  **first  estate,"  and  some  of 
them  are  **bound  over  to  judgment.''* 
And  in  the  rebellion  and  fall  of  Satan 
and  these  angels  there  was  an  infallible 
demonstration  of  the  fact  that  implicit 
obedience,  under  great  temptation,  is 
impossible  without  love;  for  love,  as  we 
now  have  it,  did  not  exist,  except  in  the 
God-head,  before  Christ  *  ^became  flesh 
and  dwelt  among  us.''  This  last  is  the 
best  of  all  reasons;  for,  while  love  does 
not  exist  between  man  and  an  inanimate 
machine,  tho  he  be  inventor  and  maker 
(which  illustrates  the  relation  between 
God  and  the  angels,  whom  he  created 
fullgrown  servants  to  do  his  will),  love 
does  exist  between  parent  and  child, 
between  brothers,  or  friends,  men  or 
women,  whose  lives  are  so  entertwined 
by  the  equal  sharing  of  joys  and  sorrows 

♦  Jude  6. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  37 

that  this  '*new  law  of  love'*  between 
mortals,  this  **new  commandment'' 
given  us  by  the  Christ*  and  through  him 
established  between  us  and  our  heavenly 
Father,  t  is  an  all-sufficient  reason  for 
our  existence  through  a  probationary 
period  on  this  terrestrial  sphere.  In 
the  chronological  history  of  our  race 
this  truth  has  been  fully  demonstrated, 
for,  during  the  patriarchal  age  and 
all  through  the  Jewish  dispensation, 
all  the  elements  of  control  were  em- 
bodied in  a  **thou  shalt"  and  **thou 
shalt  not. ' '  What  a  wonderful  privilege 
is  therefore  given  us  of  this  dispensation, 
the  Christian  era,  to  profit  by  their  ex- 
perience, to  '^conquer  the  powers  of 
darkness"  and  appropriate  to  our  use 
here  on  earth  and  throughout  all  eternity 
the  law  of  divine  love. 

God   is    the   great,    loving,    personal 
Father. 

*  John  13:41.         f  Gal.  4:5. 


38  The  Devil's  Rebellioh, 

Christ  is  our  mediator,  our  **elder 
brother." 

The  Holy  Spirit  is  the  universal, 
omnipresent,  invisible,  source  of  vibrat- 
ing love,  which,  like  the  wireless 
message,  connects  with  God  all  whose 
hearts  are  *4n  tune  with  the  infinite." 

God  is  everywhere,  because  his  spirit 
of  love  so  penetrates  and  permeates 
every  infinitesimal  part  of  space  and 
atom  of  matter,  that,  like  a  pebble  cast 
into  placid  waters,  even  a  sinful  thought 
so  jars  and  disturbs  the  even  tenor  of  the 
Holy  Spirit's  peace  and  love,  that  God's 
tremulous  receiver  instantly  records 
*Hhe  intents  of  the  heart;"*  like  the 
roentgen  rays,  God's  * 'All-seeing  eye," 
The  Holy  Spirit,  penetrates  the  darkest 
recess  of  our  very  souls ;t  so,  also,  as  the 
phonograph  records  the  least  sound 
vibration,  is  each  deed  and  thought  of 


*  Heb.  4:12,  13. 

t  Rom.  2:16,   "God   shall  judge  the  secrets  of 
men." 


And  the  Reason  Why.  39 

loving  kindness  recorded  in  God^s  **book 
of  remembrance/'  and  these  thoughts, 
words  and  actions  will  be  reproduced, 
and  by  their  evidence  will  we  be  judged 
on  that  great  and  memorable  day  when 
we  shall  stand  before  the  ''great  white 
throne." 

On  which  side  of  the  ledger  will  be 
the  preponderance  of  evidence  for  you, 
gentle  reader? 

divine;  lovk. 

Is  your  heart  attuned  to  music? 

How  exalted  is  your  goal? 
Can  you  hear  the  thrilling  anthems 

Emanating  from  the  soul? 
They  who  fail  to  read  the  music 

In  love's  vibrant,  mellow  strain, 
Cannot  know  true  joy  and  gladness; 

Feel  more  keenly  all  the  pain. 

Love  goes  down  into  the  dungeon, 

Clasping  there  in  fond  embrace, 
The  wandering  boy,  who,  drunken,  fallen, 

Is  confined  in  dire  disgrace. 
Love  will  cross  the  brothel's  portal, 

Seek  the  daughter,  lost  in  sin; 
Watch  the  wayward  feet  thereafter. 

That  they  may  not  stray  again. 


40  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

Love  it  is  that  crowns  the  mortal 

With  a  power  almost  divine; 
Gives  a  glimpse  of  heaven's  portal, 

And  expands  the  human  mind. 
Long  and  steep  may  be  life's  journey, 

Loudly  may  the  billows  roar; 
Love  will  smooth  the  pilgrim's  pathway. 

And  will  bridge  the  waters  o'er. 

chorus: 
It  was  love  that  sent  the  Saviour 

From  our  God's  eternal  throne; 
Love  will  bear  us  on  to  heaven. 

When  this  fitful  life  is  done. 


^       OF   THE 


UNIVERSITY 

OF 

£AUFOg^^nd  the  Reason  Why.  41 


THEIR  SOLUTION. 
CHAPTER  II. 

In  which  is  discussed  man*s  origin,  his  train- 
ing, his  conscience  and  his  ultimate  destination. 

As  we,  the  dominating  or  ruling 
animal  of  the  earth,  look  about  us,  the 
solutions  of  many  of  the  problems  of  our 
existence  naturally  suggest  themselves 
to  our  reasoning  minds  without  apparent 
effort,  and  stand  as  undeniable  facts. 

Other  problems  of  equal  importance 
are  more  difficult  of  solution  and  require 
scientific  investigation  through  years  of 
study,  assisted  by^the  use  of  complicated 
mechanical  devices,  and  even  then  appar- 
ently admit  of  more  than  one  conclusion; 
while  there  are  still  other  problems  which 
must  necessarily  depend,  in  part  at  least, 
upon  revelation,  emanating  froma  power, 
or  a  mind,  or  a  being  far  beyond  the  com- 
prehension of  finite  mortal.     These,  in 


42  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

order,  may  be  designated  as  follows: — 
First,  that  man,  tho  ushered  into  this 
world  by  the  identical  physical  process 
with  which  other  animals  make  their 
debut,*  is  de  facto ^  endowed  with  a 
superior  degree  of  intelligence,  is  capa- 
ble of  acquiring  an  education  not  pos- 
sible with  any  other  earthly  creature. 
And  tho  he  be  compelled  to  gain  his 
knowledge  handicapped  in  a  way  to 
equal  the  renowned,  mythical  Romulus 
and  Remus,  man  soon  establishes  his 
right  to  rule  by  his  reasoning  powers, 
and  thus  establishes  the  fact  that  he  is 
of  a  higher  order  of  beings  than  all  other 
earthly  life.t  Here  reason  affirms, 
without  fear  of  successful  contradiction, 
that  man  is  in  some  w^ay  related  to  that 
power,  or  mind,  or  being,  who  must  be 
eternal;  and  this,  in  turn,  suggests,  yes, 
demands^    in   justice   to  the    governing 


*  Job  11:12,  ''For  vain  man  would  be  wise 
though  man  be  born  like  a  wild  ass's  colt." 

t  Gen.  2:7,  '*God  breathed  into  his  nostrils  the 
breath  of  life  and  he  became  a  living  soul." 


And  the  Reason  Why.  43 

instinct  implanted  in  the  human  heart 
by  that  power,  or  mind,  or  being  of 
whom  he  must  be  the  offspring,  that 
man's  existence  shall  not  end  at  the 
grave,  but  that  he  shall  be  re-embodied, 
and  enthroned  a  celestial  being,  over 
whom  death  will  have  no  dominion.* 

Second,  Men,  by  the  use  of  the  tele- 
scope, examine  the  heavenly  bodies, 
calculating  ^ith  accuracy  their  orbits, 
the  distances  between  them  and  from 
our  earth,  and  ascertain  that  their  gravity 
and  revolutions  are  so  equally  balanced 
in  their  creation  and  construction  that 
through  endless  ages  each  one  keeps  its 
appointed  course.  Here,  again,  reason 
testifies  that  an  all-powerful  mind  or 
being,  personally  and  through  agencies, 
creates,  regulates,  and  dominates  the 
entire  universe. 

Third,  From  time  immemorial  a  prob- 
lem, at  once  so  mysterious  and  so  stu- 
pendous in  its  entirety,  presents  itself, 

^lyuke  20:36,  "Neither  can  they  die  anymore." 


44  The   Devil's  Rebellion, 

that  man,  with  all  his  boasted  wisdom  and  . 
superior  intelligence,  without  the  aid  of 
divine  revelation,  fails  utterly  to  give  an 
acceptable  answer  to  these  most  natural 
questions: — why  were  all  these  worlds 
and  systems  of  worlds  made?  and  where 
do,  and  when  will  they  ever  touch  the 
life  and  personality  of  human  beings? 
We  think  they  are  so  intended;  and  can 
he,  who  but  partially  understands  the 
predominant  characteristic  and  natural 
desire  of  man  for  governing  power,* 
doubt  that  the  spiritual  part  of  him  shall 
be  elevated  to  a  degree  of  might  that 
will  enable  him  fo  dominate  these 
spheres,!  and  their  inhabitants?^ 

''Straws  show  which  way  the  wind 
blows;''  so  it  is  a  significant  fact  that,  in 
this  life  our  principal  games  for  pleasure 
are  played  with  balls  or  spheres.  Thus 
unwittingly  we  mould  our  characters 
and  form  our  habits  preparatory  to  and 


*Gen.  1:28.        t  Rev.  2:28. 
X  1  Cor.  6:3.      Rev.  2:26,  also  Heb.  1:14. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  45 

typify  that  higher  life  of  usefulness  be- 
yond the  grave.  In  connection  with 
this  thought  we  call  to  mind  that,  from 
marbles  to  fobt-ball,  not  one  of  these 
games  is  regarded  or  commonly  in- 
dulged in  as  gambling  games,  while  the 
usual  gaming  cards  on  which  are  printed 
images,  are,  by  most  Christians,  re- 
garded as  **old  Nick's''  particular 
tools.* 

We  hold,  and  we  do  not  believe  that 
any  reasoning  person  will  doubt,  that 
our  position  is  the  only  just  conclusion, 
namely,  that,  as  in  the  affairs  of  men,  so 
also  in  this  momentous  question  of  celes- 
tial sovereignty,  without  training  and 
experience  the  Supreme  Creator  will  not 
surrender  to  man  or  endow  him  with  such 
power  as  would  be  required  to  govern 
an  insignificant,  provincial  part  of  one 
of  the  least  of  his  planets  he  must  be 
subjected  to  an  educating,  refining,  and 
strengthening  process  that  will  forever 

*  :^x.  20:4. 


46  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

place  him  above  and  beyond  the  possi- 
bility of  rebellion. 

^  Speaking  to  consecrated  Christians, 
Paul  says,  *' Know  ye  not  that  we  shall 
judge  angels"?  Why?  Because  Chris- 
tians are  to  be  *' heirs  and  joint-heirs 
with  Jesus  Christ,"  who  said,  **A11 
power  is  given  unto  me,  in  heaven,  and 
in  earth."  An  heir  is  an  owner,  and 
an  owner  is  a  ruler.  Therefore,  just  as  • 
a  man,  that  would  raise  up  his  son  to 
the  strength  of  mind  and  character 
necessary  for  honorable  manhood,  and 
would  make  his  material  body  supple 
and  strong,  prescrtbes  for  his  education 
a  thorough  course  in  those  branches  of 
learning  that  are  mastered  only  by  con- 
stant and  diligent  application  of  his 
mental  faculties,  and,  for  the  develop- 
ment of  his  body,  insists  upon  the  most 
strenuous  and  prolonged  physical  cul- 
ture, so,  we  may  not  only  conclude,  but 
can  affirm,  as  an  abstract  proposition, 
that     the    great    creating    power,    the 


And  the  Reason  Why.  47 

omnipotent  God,  is  even  now  educating, 
strengthening,  and  preparing*  man  for 
a  position  commensurate  with  Christ's 
declaration,  —  **For  what  is  a  man 
profited,  if  he  shall  gain  the  whole 
world,  and  lose  his  own  soul?"  By 
this  declaration  we  are  given  to  under- 
stand that,  according  to  God's  plan,  the 
Christian's  inheritance  will  be  worth 
eminently  more,  and  be  greater,  than  if 
he  owned  the  entire  earth  with  all  it 
contains. 

Here  we  make  an  assertion,  for  proof 
of  which  we  cite  holy  writ,  history,  and 
appeal  to  reason,  i.  ^.,  that  the  devil, 
his  angels  and  their  agents  constitute 
the  resisting  force  or  obstacle  to  be  con- 
quered and  overcome  in  the  refining, 
educating  and  strengthening  process  of 
man.t  It  necessarily  follows,  therefore, 
that,  there  being  a  power  for  evil,  both 
natural  and  supernatural,  to  thwart 
man's  endeavor  to  attain  to  the  position 

*  2  Cor.  4:17;  also  James  1:12.      f  James  4:7. 


48  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

of  a  celestial  ruler,  not  all  shall  succeed; 
but  there  will  be  failures,  both  partial 
and  absolute.  Paul  says:  *'For  one 
star  differeth  from  another  star  in 
glory.  So  also  is  the  resurrection  of  the 
dead."* 

Since  we  are  treating  a  subject  that 
has  to  do  with  the  spiritual,  as  well  as 
with  the  material,  part  of  our  existence, 
in  which  subject  so  much  depends  upon 
the  will  and  power  of  God,  may  we  not, 
instead  of  a  specific  and  literal  compli- 
ance with  the  terms  of  the  plan  of 
salvation  as  promulgated  by  the  Christ 
(as  an  elder  brother  would  designate 
terms  of  inheritance  in  his  will  or  testa- 
ment ),t  lay  aside  organized  effort  and 
follow  the  dictates  of  our  conscience? 
We  unhesitatingly  answer,  no,  for  the 
following  reason:  We  must  establish 
a  better  standard  of  jucgtnerit  than  that 
deducted  by  each  individual  from,  his  or 
her  own  personal  experience,  for  how- 

*  1  Cor.  15:41.       fHeb.  9;16,  17. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  49 

ever  consistent  my  judgment  may  be, 
as  measured  by  my  life's  experiences, 
guided  only  by  my  conscience,  there 
can  be  no  certainty  of  infallible  right  or 
truth;  for  in  every  instance  conscience 
is  undeniably  a  matter  of  education. 
A  fountain  cannot  rise  above  its  source; 
therefore,  a  conscience,  untouched  by 
divine  revelation,  may  lack  all  the 
elements  of  justice,  and  may  prompt 
actions  entirely  foreign  to  the  golden 
rule.  For  instance,  the  Hindu  woman 
is  conscientiously  performing  her  re- 
ligious duty  when  she  bows  down  to 
Buddha,  or  throws  her  babe  to  the 
crocodile  in  the  Ganges.  The  American 
Indian  had  no  qualms  of  conscience 
when  he  tortured  and  scalped  his 
victims;  I  myself  have  seen  him  in  all 
the  glory  of  his  war-paint,  exhibit  with 
pride  the  scalps  of  fair-haired  children. 
Another  view  of  the  horrible  conse- 
quences of   misguided   conscience   may 

be  had  if  we  call  to  mind  that,  even  in 
(4) 


50  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

the  seventeenth  century,  New  England's 
innocent  girls  were  burned  for  witches 
by  zealous  bigots  who  thought  they 
were  doing  God's  service.  If  we  look 
for  the  cause  of  error  in  these  misguided 
mortals,  we  have  but  to  read  the  tra- 
ditional and  '  superstitious  doctrine 
which  the  * 'prince  of  the  power  of  the 
air,"  (the  devil)  through  his  agents, 
(ignorant  and  evil  men  and  women*), 
have  so  persistently  taught  from  time 
immemorial. 

Then,  just  as  the  air  not  only  cleaves 
about  our  bodies  closer  than  the  tight- 
est fitting  garment,  but  many  times 
each  moment  inflates  the  innermost 
part  of  our  being,  so  also  the  evil  in- 
tents and  purposes  of  our  hearts  are 
prompted  by  that  designing  and  mali- 
cious monster,  the  devil. t     And,  since 


*  E)ph.  2:2.  "Wherein  in  time  past  ye  walked 
according  to  .  .  .  the  prince  of  the  power 
of  the  air,  the  spirit  that  now  worketh  in  the 
children  of  disobedience." 

t  Luke  22:3.  ' 


And  the  Reason  Why.  51 

weakness  follows  acquiescence,  and 
strength  is  gained  by  resistance,  mortal 
beings  are  either  reduced  to  loathsome 
things,  fit  only  for  association  with  the 
devil  and  his  imps  in  hell,  or  gain 
through  resistance  strength  and  knowl- 
edge that  fit  them  to  be  celestial  rulers, 
which  God,  through  Christ,  has  made  it 
possible  for  them  to  become.  In  John 
(10:34)  Jesus  quotes  the  Father  as  say- 
ing to  men,   '^Ye  are  gods." 

Having  established  the  fact  that 
without  doubt  conscience  is  a  creature 
of  circumstances,  a  matter  of  education, 
gained  altogether  through  contact  with, 
and  cast  irrevocably  in,  the  molds  of 
environment,  we  are  ready  to  state  the 
central  virtue  of  the  moral  universe: — 
Obedience  to  God's  word. 


^2  The  DeviPs  Rebellion, 

OBEDIENCE. 
CHAPTER  III. 

In  which  is  an  interesting,  thrilling  story  of 
life,  illustrating  nature's  imperative  demand  for 
implicit  obedience. 

lyet  US  illustrate  nature's  imperative 
demand  for  implicit  obedience. 

A  mother  takes  her  little  child  for  a 
walk  in  the  garden  upon  a  summer  day. 
Down  the  flower-bordered  pathway  they 
wander  and  listen  to  the  gladsome  notes 
of  the  birds.  For  a  time  they  linger 
near  a  brook,  whose  crystal  waters 
sparkle  and  leap  with  abounding  joy, 
hastening  down  the  rapids,  then  with  a 
bound  leap  the  falls,  and  plunge  into  a 
pool,  where  members  of  the  finny  tribe 
disport  themselves  in  sheltered  nooks, 
or  leap  to  intercept  the  careless  butterfly 
that  hovers  too  near  the  surface.  In 
childish  glee  the  little  one  claps  its 
hands,  but,  **don't  go  too  near!''  is  the 


And  the  Reason  Why.  53 

mother's  quick  command,  as  it  starts 
forward  to  get  a  nearer  view.  The 
child  draws  back,  and  this  we  call 
obedience. 

They  now  pass  on  into  the  depths  of 
the  woods;  taller  grow  the  flowers  here 
and  denser.  Sweet  Williams  flaunt 
their  tints  of  blue  beside  the  yellow 
Jessamine.  The  path  is  narrow  now, 
and  grasses  lap  across.  A  cardinal 
grossbeak  flits  across  their  path  and, 
from  an  overhanging  limb,  pours  forth 
his  thrilling  notes  of  melody.  The 
mother  pauses,  for  a  moment  enchanted 
by  the  sweet  song  of  the  bird,  while 
**baby"  gains  some  steps  in  advance  be- 
fore she  moves  on  again.  Then,  ever 
watchful  for  her  darling's  safety,  with 
eager  look  she  scans  the  path  ahead  and 
just  beyond,  beneath  a  lilac  bush, 
already  coiled  to  strike,  lies  Eve's 
first  tempter.  **ST0P1"  It  is  the 
mother's  warning  voice,  athrill  with 
sudden  terror.     But,  through  a  spirit  of 


54  The  DeviFs  Rebellion, 

mischief,  prompted  by  an  inherent  de- 
sire to  disobey,  and  with  a  gurgling 
laugh  upon  his  lips,  three  short  steps 
are  taken  forward;  then,  with  a  cry  of 
anguish,  the  child  recoils,  for  the  ser- 
pent's deadly  fangs  are  buried  in  its 
tender  flesh.     And  this  is  ^wobedience. 

God's  laws  are  as  immutably  fixed  as 
are  the  laws  of  nature.  It  must  be  so, 
for  God  is  the  author  of  nature.  So  far 
as  mortal  is  concerned,  nature's  laws 
have  to  do  with  but  a  brief  space  of 
time,  while  the  effect  of  disobeying 
God's  moral  laws  will  reach  through  all 
eternity.  Then,  how  important  it  is 
that  we  should  conform,  even  in  the 
minutest  detail,  to  the  freely  given, 
blood-bought  scheme  of  redemption, 
that  we  may  ''live  forever." 

But  why  lay  so  much  stress  upon 
obedience?  Because  disobedience  con- 
stitutes the  ''unpardonable  sin,"  for  two 
reasons: 

First,  to  refuse  to  believe  in  and  obey 


And  the  Reason  Why.  55 

Christ  is  to  reject  the  only  '4riend^** 
we  have  before  the  courts  of  high  heaven. 
And— 

Second,  '^The  DeviPs  Rebellion/' 
emphasizes  the  justice  of  God's  demand 
for  strict  and  unequivocal  obedience, 
while  we  are  in  this  probationary  state; 
obedience  is  the  specific  test  by  which 
we  prove  whether  or  not  we  may  be 
trusted  to  enter  the  precincts  of  God's 
holy  domain  either  as  a  ruler  or  as  a 
lesser  subject."  t 

In  order  that  this  incontrovertible  and 
unassailable  position,  dogmatic  tho  it 
may  seem,  may  be  fully  understood  and 
God's  justifiableness  thoroughly  estab- 
lished, I  will  now  present  the  matter 
from  God's  point  of  view. 


*  John  15:14,  15.       f  Gen.  2:16,  17. 


56  The  Devil's  Rebellion,    . 

PART  SECOND. 

777^5"  DEVIL'S  WORK. 
CHAPTER  IV. 

In  which  we  are  told  of  Satan's  diabolical 
schemes  and  we  are  given  a  glimpse  of  his  future 
abode. 

If  I  should  hold  up  for  your  inspec- 
tion the  half  of  an  apple,  though  you 
had  not  seen  the  other  half,  would  you 
not  be  justified  in  going  into  any  court 
in  the  land  and  taking  an  oath  that 
what  I  had  shown  you  was  but  half  of 
what  had  originally  grown  upon  the 
tree?  It  is  by  just  such  forcible,  cer- 
tain and  unerring  logic,  I  now  intend  to 
take  you,  mentally,  into  the  realms  of 
God's  domains  and  prove  to  your  rea- 
sonable, though  finite,  mind  what  God 
has  done,  and  will  do,  for  the  human 
race. 

Paul  says,  '*Eye  hath  not  seen  nor 
ear  heard,  neither  hath  it  entered  into 


And  the  Reason  Why.  57 

the  heart  of  man,  the  things  which 
God  hath  prepared  for  them  that  love 
him.  But  God  hath  revealed  them  unto 
us  by  his  spirit:  For  the  spirit  search- 
eth  all  things,  yea,  the  deep  things  of 
God.''*  It  is,  therefore,  by  the  author- 
ity of  the  apostle  Paul  that  we  proceed 
to  search  the  deep  things  of  God;  and 
in  application  of  the  illustration  of  the 
apple,  we  have  but  to  learn  what  prin- 
ciples govern  life  and  death  now,  then 
will  we  know  what  has  been  from  the 
beginning  and  what  shall  be  to  the  end 
of  time.  So  also  if  we  understand 
what  the  devil,  the  author  of  disobedi- 
ence, is  doing  now,  we  may  rightly 
judge  by  what  act  of  sin  Satan  first 
displeased  God,  and  from  being  His 
greatest  angel  Prince  descended  in  the 
scale  to  the  instigator  of  all  iniquity. 
It  has  been  truly  said  that  we  are  all 
creatures  of  habit — that  is,  what  one 
does  most,  by  natural  inclination,  he  is 

*  1  Cor.  2:9,  10,  " 


58 


The  Devil's  Rebellion, 


likely  to  continue  to  do  until  a  fixed 
habit  is  formed.  Therefore,  by  what 
one  does  frequently,  we  may  rightly 
judge  what  he  has  formerly  done;  so, 
since  all  of  Satan's  superhuman  and  all- 
but-creative  power  is  bent  to  get  pos- 
session of  the  earth  and  pervert  the 
minds  of  men  from  serving  God  and 
thus  gain  their  allegiance  to  himself,  we 
can  comprehend  the  deviPs  bold  at- 
tempt to  usurp  a  part  of  God's  celestial 
worlds,  and  also  how  he  *'drew  after 
him  the  third  part  of  the  stars  (angels) 
of  heaven.''  *  In  this  connection  we 
may  also  call  to  mind  Satan's  assump- 
tive ownership  of  the  earth  and  its 
kingdoms  when  he  offered  to  give  them 
all  to  Christ  if  he  would  but  transfer  his 
allegiance  from  the  Father  to  himself,  t 
It  is  therefore  evident  that,  reasoning 
from  effect  back  to  cause,  we  justly  ar- 
rive at  a  pretty  definite  conclusion  that 
our  allegorical  account  of  the  devil's  re- 

*  Rev.  12:4.  f  Ivuke  4:7. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  59 

bellion  is  not  altogether  a  myth,  but  a 
proposition  supported  by  many  proofs. 
Since  lack  of  numbers  was  one  cause 
of  the  deviPs  first  defeat,  perhaps  he 
honestly  believes  (if  he  can  be  said  to 
be  honest  in  anything)  that  if  he  can 
capture  enough  of  the  sons  and  daugh- 
ters of  men  to  outnumber  God's  heaven- 
ly host  in  the  final  wind-up  of  this 
earth,  at  the  end  of  our  probationary 
career,  he  will  then  be  able  to  accom- 
plish his  original  purpose,  i.  e.,  to  seize 
a  system  of  worlds  and  set  up  an  oppo- 
sition kingdom  somewhere  in  the  vast 
realms  of  space.  At  the  rate  deluded 
mortals  are  now  joining  Satan's  army, 
we  may  reasonably  conclude  that,  if  the 
devil  was  allowed  his  liberty  all  of  the 
allotted  time  of  man's  mortal  existence 
on  earth,  which  we  have  every  reason 
for  believing  is  to  be  seven  thousand 
years,  he  would  really  have  the  greater 
number  at  the  end  of  time,  when  the 
**battle      of     Armageddon"      will     be 


60  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

fought.*  The  all  powerful  God,  how- 
ever, has  a  definite  purpose,  a  plan 
which  must  ultimately  work  out  the 
exaltation  of  worthy  members  of  our 
race,  and  all  will  be  for  His  eternal 
glory. 

In  spite  of  himself,  as  we  propose  to 
show,  the  devil  is  made  to  promote 
God's  glorification.  This  the  Lord, 
through  Christ,  accomplishes  with  and 
by  reason  of  the  human  family.  When 
we  fully  realize  that  there  is  a  time  set 
for  the  accomplishment  of  God's  pur- 
pose, and  that  the  devil  **knoweth  that 
he  hath  but  a  short  time,''t  we  can  bet- 
ter understand  Satan's  wrath,  feverish 
anxiety  and  determined  boldness;  why 
he  resorts  to  extreme  and  diabolical 
methods,  in  these  latter  days,  to  deceive 
us  that  he  may  '*set  his  seal"  upon  us 
and  claim  us  for  his  own. 

The  day  will  come  when  **there  shall 
be  time  no  longer,"  t  for  time,  like  the 

*Rev.  16:16.        f  Rev.  12:12.        X  Rev.  10:6. 


And  tfie  Reason  Why. 


61 


earth,  was  created  for  man's  use  and 
convenience,  *  except,  that  after  time 
shall  cease  to  be,  the  earth  will  be  the 
devil's  hell,  with  all  them  that  serve 
him;  for  the  devil  is  now  striving 
mightily  to  conquer  the  earth,  and  lead 
captive  the  inhabitants  thereof.  And 
since  it  is  a  fixed  law,  both  natural  and 
divine,  that  we  obtain  that  for  which 
we  work,  God  will  give  the  earth  to  the 
devil  and  his  angels  and  to  sinners  who 
love  the  earth  and  the  things  of  the 
earth  more  than  they  love  their  God.  t 
In  other  words,  those  who  serve  the 
devil  will  God  banish  to  share  with 
him  his  inheritance;   but  he   will  first 

SET   THE   WORI.D   ON   FIRE,  t 

By  geological  investigation,  we  learn 
that  not  more  than  thirty  miles  beneath 
the  surface  of  the  earth  is  a  seething 
mass  of  molten  lava, — real,  literal  **fire 
and  brimstone."     We  all  know  that,  at 

*  Psalms  115:16.  "The  earth  hath  he  given  to 
the  children  of  men." 

t2  Tim.  3:4.        J  2  Peter  3:10. 


^  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

the  eruption  of  a  volcano,  sulpher  gases 
suffocate  those  far  beyond  the  reach  of 
the  actual  fire  that  issues  forth.  Does 
not  the  earth  revolve?  God  has  but  to 
remove  it  **out  of  its  place,"  stop  its 
rotar}^  motion,  and  the  denser,  heavier 
surface,  drawn  by  the  force  of  gra\nty, 
will  sink  into  the  inner  core,*  that 
''burns  with  fire  and  brimstone,"  and 
the  ''elements  shall  melt  with  fer\'ent 
heat.f' 


♦Psalms  46:6.  **He  uttered  his  voice,  the 
earth  melted.** 

t2  Peter  3:10.  Isaiah  24:19-23.  **The  earth  is 
utterly  broken  down,  .  .  is  clean  dissolved, 
.  .  is  moved  exceedingly,  .  .  it  shall  fall 
and  not  rise  again.** 


And  the  Reason  Why.  63 


THE  DEVIL'S  TREASON. 
CHAPTER  V. 

In  which  is  told  how  the  devil  rebels  and 
seizes  a  system  of  worlds. 

Let  US  go  back — beyond  time. 

Place: — In  the  eternal  heavens. 

Persons: — God,  the  **Word,"  and  the 
Holy  Spirit,  (three  or  one  as  God  hath 
need,)  and  the  angels,  of  whom  the 
devil  was  the  principal  one  of  three 
chiefs,  generals,  or  captains;  Michael 
and  Gabriel,  the  other  two. "^  Occupa- 
tion:— 

First,  **by  the  Word"  God  created 
matter.  *^In  the  beginning  was  the 
Word,  and  the  Word  was  with  God, 
and  the  Word  was  God.  The  same 
was  in  the  beginning  with  God.  All 
things  were  made  by  him;  and  without 

»_    *  Dan.  10:13-20;  Dan.  8:16. 


64  The  Devirs  Rebellion, 

him  was  not  anything  made  that  was 
made.''*      Occupation: — 

Second,  out  of  the  matter  which  God 
created  (by  the  Word),  the  angels  con- 
structed worlds,  hurled  and  guided  them 
on  their  courses. 

Why  not?  In  this  world,  man  takes 
matter  and  shapes  material  things  of 
power,  manufactures  ponderous  engines, 
even  generates  electricity,  an  inde- 
scribable God-like  force,  by  which  wire- 
less telegraphy  becomes  possible;  Elec- 
tricity— half  brother  to  the  Holy 
Spirit. 

In  some  remote  part  of  God's  universe 
there  was  still  room  for  achievement, 
and  God  said,  ^^Let  us  make  another 
system  of  worlds." 

The  devil  was  delegated  to  form  the 
system.  With  a  third  part  of  the  angels 
of  heaven  this  great  captain  repaired  to 
the  remote  station,  perhaps  a  billion 
miles  from  God's  central  seat  of  govern- 

*  John  1:1-3.  ^ 


And  the  Reason  Why.  ^5 

ment,*  where  trillions  of  tons  of  fiery 
matter  were  separated  into  many  mon- 
strous fragments.  Then,  by  their  God- 
given  might,  the  devil  and  his  angels 
made  each  one  revolve;  thus  spheres 
were  quickly  formed  and  hurled  in 
circles  through  the  ethereal  blue,  around 
a  remnant  fiery  ball,  a  sun,  until  a 
crust  had  formed  and  cooled  upon  their 
outer  surfaces. 

And  now  the  real  work  began.  God's 
foreknowledge  had  left  nothing  want- 
ing. Oxygen,  hydrogen,  carbon  and 
all  things  else  of  which  there  was  any 
need,  these  workmen  found  all  ready  to 
their  hand. 

By  faith  they  made  the  mountains 
rise,  t  and  level  valleys  too  they  made, 
and  hills  and  pleasant  vales,  and  mon- 
ster trees  were  made  symmetrical.  And 
flowers   bloomed   and  herbs  of   various 

*Psa.   103:19,    "The  Lord   hath  prepared   his 
throne  in  the  heavens." 
t  Mark  11:23. 
(5) 


66 


The  Devirs  Rebellion, 


kind  grew  everywhere.  And  over  all 
the  lower  lands  deep  seas  were  formed. 

And,  that  the  mountains  might  be 
firm,  great  crags  of  rocks  were  placed 
therein;  and  they  were  full  of  gems.* 
And  far  above,  upon  the  highest  peaks, 
eternal  snows  glistened  in  the  sun's 
bright  rays;  and  in  their  grandeur 
seemed  beacon  lights  for  the  angels, 
willing  workers  on  these  ^  new  made 
worlds. 

And  down  the  mountain's  rock-ribbed 
sides,  and  through  the  valleys,  gorgeous 
with  a  million  brilliant  flowers,  clear 
brooklets  ran;  and,  caught  by  intercept- 
ing ridges  which  reached  from  hill  to 
hill,  deep  crystal  lakes  were  formed; 
reflecting  back  in  minute  detail,  in 
compound  beauty,  each  mountain,  tree 
and  flower. 

While  winter's  hoary  mantle  wrapped 
the  top-most  mountain  peaks,  in  the 
valleys  perpetual  summer   reigned   su- 

*  E)zek.  28:13. 


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And  the  Reason  Why.  67 

preme.  And  the  royal  palm  was  there, 
and  ferns,  and  oleanders,  and  flowers  of 
a  thousand  kinds  bedecked  the  land- 
scape far  and  near,  _while  all  about,  with 
harps  of  gold  and  brilliant  lyres,  bright 
angel-forms  hovered  in  groups,  and 
loud  their  anthems  rang*  in  harmony 
with  God's  great  plan,  their  faces  all 
aglow  with  reflected  glory,  t 

And  this  was  the  burden  of  their 
song: — 

** Glory  to  our  everlasting  God;  by 
him  are  all  things  made,  for  him  our 
labors  of  love  we  do,  hallelujah  to  our 
king!'' 

But  their  captain  stood  apart; 

And,  as  the  anthem  swelled  in  volume 
lyike  a  mighty  wave, 
Jealousy  raged  within  his  heart, 

Because  all  honor  and  might  and  praise 
To  God  alone  they  gave. 
And,  as  the  "green-eyed  monster'*  grew, 

Fierce  anger  raged  within 
'Gainst  God,  to  whom  all  honor  due. 

Thus  did  Satan  conceive  sin. 

*  Job  28:7  f  E)x.  34:30. 


68  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

Then,  down  amidst  the  throng  their 
chieftain  glided,  with  gracious,  tho 
commanding,  mien.  A  winning  smile 
played  round  his  mouth,  as  with  ex- 
pectant air,  he  waited  for  the  last  refrain 
to  cease.  And  then,  with  his  proud 
head  thrown  back,  he  waved  a  beckon- 
ing hand,  at  which  sign  all  the  angel 
hosts  were  gathered  there  before  him; 
for,  with  all  the  celestial  beings, 
**obedience"  was  their  watchword; 
so  with  abated  breath,  they  waited, 
expecting  to  hear  some  new  command. 
All  ears  were  strained  to  catch  their 
leader's  voice,  and  this  is  what  they 
heard: — 

**Who  marshaled  you  for  this  great 
work  and  who  did  guide  you  here?" 

Then,  from  a  million  celestial  throats, 
came,  in  low,  sweet  tones,  *  ^Captain,  it 
was  you." 

**Who  outlined  the  plans,  of  wondrous 
magnitude,  by  which  these  worlds  were 
made?" 


And  the  Reason  Why.  69 

Again  they  answered,  *'It  was  you, 
our  noble  captain.'' 

*'Who  cleft  asunder  the  fiery  mass; 
hurled  into  space  the  ponderous  globes; 
and  in  each  minute  detail,  directed  all 
the  work  by  which  this  glorious  realm 
'  was  made,  now  moving  with  such 
precision,  by  laws  so  firmly  fixed 
that  endless  ages  will  not  disturb  its 
equilibrium?" 

Again,  with  one  accord,  they  gave 
answer,  so  sweet  to  their  chieftain's 
willing  ears: — 

**No  one  but  you,  our  valiant  chief. 
You  conquered  all  the  force,  moulded 
all  these  worlds,  and  stamped  them 
with  your  personality." 

'*Just  so,"  they  heard  him  say;  '*and 
by  the  eternal  pod,  'twas  /  who  created 
all  the  matter  out  of  which  these 
worlds  were  made;  and  unto  each  of 
you  I'll  give  t  world,  if  you  will  but 
give  me  all  the  glory." 

'Twas  a  master-stroke;   the  first  oath 


70  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

uttered,  and  the  first  gigantic,  cancerous 
lie  that  ever  **rang  the  changes' *  amidst 
the  celestial  worlds.  And,  from  its 
very  strangeness  and  audacious  force, 
the  angel  hosts  recoiled,  and  waited  for, 
they  knew  not  what;  for  as  yet  God's 
wrath  had  never  been  revealed . 

And  so,  they  stood,  expectant,  till 
Satan's  countenance  changed  to  livid 
hue,  then,  by  a  thunderous  voice  that 
shook  the  very  firmaments,  he  hurled 
his  mighty  power  against  the  largest 
of  the  worlds,  turned  it  from  its  course, 
and,  guiding  it  through  the  outer  lines, 
he  plunged  it  bodily  into  the  central 
sun. 

*^I'll  make  a  monstrous  hell,"  said 
he,  ^*and  in  it  I'll  imprison  the  soul 
that  dares  to  disobey  me.  But,"  with 
a  winning  smile  and  outstretched  arms, 
as  if  to  clasp  in  fond  embrace  the  entire 
angel  throng,  '^each  one  that  rallies  to 
my  standard,  shall  be  the  ruler  of  an 
entire  world." 


And  the  Reason  Why.  71 

Who  will  presume  to  tell  of  the 
doubtful  struggle  that  surged  through 
the  minds  of  all  that  astonished  angel 
band,  or  which  weighed  the  more,  fear 
or  promise?  This  much  we  know: 
intelligence,  as  by  wireless  message, 
was  flashed  to  the  throne  of  God,  '*One 
third  of  heaven's  angels  are  in  rebel- 
lion and  Satan  is  their  leader.'' 

When  the  worlds  had  been  completed, 
according  to  God's  ordained  decree, 
Satan  had  set  apart  chief  princes  of  the 
heavenly  host  and  had  given  them 
charge  of  the  new-made  worlds,  except- 
ing one,  which  he  reserved  for  his  own 
domain, — for  each  world  a  governor  was 
appointed,  and  under  him  lieutenants  to 
be  subservient  to  his  will,  who  were  to 
guard  the  encircling  worlds,  for  by 
their  mental  powers,  divinely  given, 
they  would  guide  them  on  their  courses, 
until  not  a  doubt  remained  of  their 
equipoise  of  gravity;  and,  even  then, 
still  holding  them    in   mind,   no   stone 


72  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

thereon  could  be  removed,  nor  leaf  of 
tree  or  flower  could  rise  or  fall  without 
the  notice  of  these  angels.* 

It  was  thus  that  plenary  powers  were 
given  to  these  mighty  ones;  and,  being 
removed  apart  from  Satan's  immediate 
sway,  they  could  exercise  a  greater  de- 
gree of  freedom  whether  or  no  they 
would  join  in  his  rebellion.  So,  im- 
mediately, the  devil  selected  angels  of 
renown  and,  giving  them  extraordinary 
powers,  sent  in  haste  to  treat  with  these 
superior  governing  princes — to  have 
them  organize  their  forces  so  that,  if 
occasion  required,  with  a  well  disci- 
plined corps,  from  flank  or  rear,  they 
could  strike  with  force  well  nigh  irre- 
sistible. 

We  can  well  imagine  with  what 
chagrin  and  consternation  these  princes 
beheld  the  sudden  deflection  of  their 
largest  world  when  from  its  course  it 
veered,  then,  like  a  meteor,  shot  with 

*  Matt.  10:29. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  73 

maddening  speed  straight  into  the  cen- 
tral mass  out  of  which  it  had  but  re- 
cently been  carved,  when  all  the 
mighty  power  of  its  governor,  together 
with  the  sympathetic  force  of  all  the 
other  princely  rulers,  would  not  suffice 
to  hold  it  in  its  appointed  way.  So 
when  Satan's  ambassadors  arrived,  they 
found  these  chiefs  already  assembled  in 
solemn  conclave,  and  in  each  face  was 
depicted  awe-struck  wonder  and  af- 
fright, because  of  this  first  apparent 
failure  of  any  part  of  the  great  Crea- 
tor's plans. 

The  wisdom  of  Satan's  course  in  this 
was  now  made  manifest,  for  this  dem- 
onstration of  their  helplessness  to  cope 
with  the  devil's  will,  weighed  much  in 
the  matter  of  choice  as  to  whether  they 
would  serve  their  God  or  elect  to  serve 
the  devil.  Then  too,  aside  from  threats 
to  supplant  them  in  their  **estates,"* 
the   devil   made    promises   to    increase 

*Jude6. 


74  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

their  governing  powers — to  endow  them 
with  godlike  force  to  almost  equal 
Satan's  own.  And  so  it  was  that  they, 
who  had  never  known  a  lie,  took  Luci- 
fer's base  counterfeits  for  genuine;  and, 
yielding  to  his  wiles,  agreed  to  organ- 
ize their  subjects  according  to  the  code 
sent  them  by  the  devil. 

But  when  messengers  were  sent  by 
the  ruling  princes  to  summon  those 
angels  who  had  been  left  in  temporary 
charge  of  the  mighty  moving  spheres, 
they  found  their  minds  harassed  with 
fearsome  thoughts  of  what,  to  them, 
appeared  to  be  an  impending  doom. 
The  couriers,  sent  by  the  governing 
princes,  were  not  possessed  with  Satan's 
cunning  and  persuasive  powers  to  infuse 
their  minds  with  full  faith,  and  confi- 
dence enough  to  acquiesce  in  his  rebel- 
lious scheme;  so  these  loyal  guardian 
angels,  with  scorn,  rejected  the  over- 
tures of  Satan,  and  precipitately  fled  to 
gain  the  shelter  of  God's  hand;    and  so 


And  the  Reason  Why.  75 

the  devil's  returning  envoys  could  not 
report  success  complete  of  their  impor- 
tant mission.  Therefore,  when  the  devil 
learned  that  not  all  that  he  brought 
with  him  were  enlisted  in  his  cause, 
but  that  some  had  gone  in  haste  to  tell 
of  his  heaven-dividing  scheme,  he  mar- 
shaled all  his  forces  to  organize  his 
army. 

Selecting  an  all  but  boundless  plain, 
upon  a  sphere  apart,  a  thousand  times 
larger  than  our  world,  it  being  the  one 
he  had  reserved,  Satan  gathered  all  his 
clans  to  prepare  for  active  warfare. 

Near  the  border  of  this  plain  a  lofty 
mountain  reared  its  crest  and  upon  its 
peak,  where  the  crystal  and  diamond 
studded  crags*  reached  forth  and  formed 
an  alcove  seat,  the  devil  took  his 
place, t  and  to  right  and  left  and  back 
of  his  imperial  throne,  faithful  couriers 


*Bzek.  28:13.15- 

t  Isaiah  14:14,  "I  (the  devil)  will  sit  also  upon 
the  mount,  in  the  sides  of  the  north  ...  I 
win  be  like  the  most  high." 


76  The   Devil's  Rebellion, 

took  positions,  their  zealous  hearts 
athrill  with  anxious  thoughts  of  wonder 
at  their  new  relationship  to  this  rebel- 
lious king.  Ten  thousand  times  an 
hundred  million  angels  filled  the  broad 
expanse  below,  to  a  thousand  leagues 
beyond  the  reach  of  mortal  vision;  and 
as  they  gathered  there,  they  bore  no 
longer  tuneful  lyres  or  harps  of  gold, 
but  in  their  stead  were  implements  of 
war: — lances  like  burnished  steel,  and 
fiery  darts  and  shields,  and  coats  of 
mail  that  covered  from  head  to  foot 
their  forms  that,  as  yet,  portrayed  the 
image  of  their  Maker. 
,  When  they  were  all  assembled,  the 
devil  raised  his  hand,  a  signal  for  at- 
tention, and  silence  fell  on  all  the 
mighty  throng.  By  a  sign  the  devil 
brought  his  couriers  to  his  side,  and 
thus  did  he  address  them: — 

'^Go  ye,  my  valiant,  loyal  guards, 
command  your  comrades  yonder;  divide 
them  into  squads  an  hundred  in  a  band, 


And  the  Reason  Why.  77 

and,  by  election,  over  these  place  lead- 
ers of  renown;  then  group  these  bands, 
ten  bands,  together,  a  thousand  angels 
in  a  place,  and  over  them,  from  among 
the  first  elected  leaders,  select  and  place 
captains  fit  to  rule;  then  again  thou 
shalt  form  divisions  of  an  hundred  thou- 
sand souls,  and,  by  complicated,  stren- 
uous drill,  their  chiefs  shall  be  selected 
and  established;  ten  of  these  divisions 
shall  constitute  an  army  corps,  and  the 
generals  who  take  command  of  these  / 
will  appoint.  When  your  work  has 
been  completed,  march  them  all  before 
me  here  and  I  will  give  them  their  com- 
missions and  they  shall  know  my  coun- 
tersign." 

To  each  willing  aid  the  devil  then 
gave  a  jeweled  speaking-trumpet,  which 
from  his  crafty  hands,  with  due  obeis- 
ance, they  received,  and  hastened  to 
their  appointed  tasks. 

No  sluggard  band  were  they,  and  ere 
tlong  he  mingling  hosts,  in  perfect  mil- 


78  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

itant  form  and  rhythmic  motion,  moved 
in  battle  array  before  the  devil's  throne. 
It  was  a  grand  and  mighty  army;  a 
sight  to  thrill  the  soul  of  any  monarch, 
be  he  demigod  or  demon;  and  so  the 
soul  of  Satan  magnified  itself  and,  will- 
ing to  demonstrate  his  god-like  power, 
he  gave  his  energy  full  play  and,  by  a 
wave  of  hand,  he  removed  his  entire 
arm}'',  with  himself,  beyond  the  limits 
of  all  the  encircling  worlds.  There, 
for  a  time,  he  drilled  them  in  the  man- 
ual of  arms;  they  were  trained  to  charge 
and  counter-charge  and  over-ride  an 
imaginary  foe.  And  then  he  formed 
them  into  positions  for  observation  and 
faced  them  all  about  so  that  each  one 
had  an  unobstructed  view  of  the  wbole 
world-system  which  they  had  but  re- 
cently constructed.  Then,  stepping 
out  before  them,  the  devil  redoubled  his 
energy,  gave  his  power  full  vent  and 
they  beheld  this  awe-inspiring  scene: — 
Each   individual   world   turned  back 


And  the  Reason  Why.  79 

upon  its  course  and  revolved  the  other 
way;*  then,  right  about  the  half  of 
them  were  turned  again  and,  passing 
their  fellow  worlds,  volcanic  caverns 
were  burst  asunder  in  their  sides  and 
sulphurous  gases  freighted  with  flames 
of  liquid  fire  burst  forth  and  shot  from 
world  to  world;  and  deafening  tones  of 
reverberating  thunder  made  tremble  all 
the  domes  of,  heaven,  so  that  in  each 
angel  heart  there  was  a  thrill  of  mingled 
fear  and  wonder.  But  the  devil  laughed 
with  boisterous  glee  and  exercised  him- 
self; and  then,  except  one  large  world, 
he  turned  them  back  again,  and  sent 
them  rolling  on  their  courses  as  they 
had  been  at  first. 

It  was  now  that  Satan  congregated 
all  the  flames  that  had  escaped  from  out 
the  several  worlds  and  wrapped  them 
round  about  this  straggling  world  until 
in  bursting,  burning  fury  it  exceeded,  in 

*  Isaiah  38:8.  So  the  sun  returned  ten  de- 
grees, by  which  degree  it  was  gone  down. 
Jos.  10:13. 


80 


The  Devil's  Rebellion, 


awful  magnitude  and  grandeur,  aught 
else  that  they  had  ever  yet  beheld.  And 
once  again  did  Satan  gather  all  his 
mighty  force  and  power  and  hurl,  with 
triple  lightning  speed,  this  monstrous 
ball  of  burning  sulphurous  fury,  straight 
toward  God  Almighty's,  throne.  Then 
turning  round  about,  with  curses  on  his 
lips,  he  bade  his  army  bend  the  knee 
and  swear  allegiance  to  his  banner;  and 
he  took  an  oath  from  one  and  all  that 
they  would  serve  him  through  the  end- 
less ages. 

Thus  did  Satan  bid  defiance  to  his 
God;  and  with  a  derisive  shout  of 
laughter,  that  found  an  echo  in  each 
rebel's  heart,  he  gave  command  to 
settle  on  the  largest  of  the  worlds, 
where  he  had  organized  his  army.  It 
was  here  the  devil  thought  to  have  his 
throne,  from  which  central  seat  of 
power,  he  would  govern  the  new  world 
system,  which  now  appeared  to  be  so 
firmly  within  his  grasp. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  8l 

IVAJ^  IN  THE  HEAVENS. 
CHAPTER  VI. 

In  which  we  tell  what  the  sun,  moon,  our 
world,  and  the  comets  were  before  the  beginning 
of  time;  and  how,  because  of  the  devil's  rebel- 
lion, they  were  transformed  into  their  presen 
relative  positions  and  conditions. 

Around  about  his  ''great  white 
throne,' 'God's  remaining  loyal  subjects 
gathered  and  in  anxious  silence  waited. 
An  awC'inspiring,  jarring,  hurting 
thought  permeated  every  heart,  filled  all 
of  infinite  space,  and  a  darkling  shadow 
rested  on  the  brow  of  Almighty  God. 

Kach    angel,    tho    he    were    distant 

millions    of   miles,    either   on   pleasure 

bent  or   performing  some  labor  of  love, 

felt  perceptibly  the  jar  of  discord;  and, 

halting  in  his  flight,  an  instant  paused, 

then,    from   toward  God's  throne  there 

came    an   imperative   summons    which 

instantly  all  obeyed,  urged  to  wondrous 
(6) 


82  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

speed  by  a  new  impelling  force.  Thus 
from  every  side  did  heaven's  millions 
gather,  and,  being  directed  by  Gabriel's 
clarion  trumpet  notes,  took  positions 
to  right  and  left,  where,  with  minds 
disturbed  and  palpitating  hearts,  they 
awaited  God's  command. 

Now  it  was,  as  in  expectant  attitude 
they  stood,  a  strange,  new  thing  ap- 
peared:— from  out  the  depths  of  space  a 
monster  world,  aflame  with  burning, 
maddening  fury,  bore  down  upon  them  in 
apparent  irresistible  force  and  grandeur. 

Encircling  round  the  throne  of  God, 
were  stars  of  minor  magnitude,  on  which 
were  elysian  fields  of  edenic  beauty, — 
flowery  dells,  and  hills,  and  dales,  and 
castled  rocks,  babbling  brooks  and  crys- 
tal lakes.  On  these  the  celestial  beings 
often  gathered  in  joyous,  abandoned 
pleasure,  for  God  had  set  apart  these 
smaller  worlds  for  places  of  recreation.* 


*  Bz.   28:13,    '*Thou   has  been   in  Eden,   the 
garden  of  God." 


And  the  Reason  Why.  S3 

Nearer  and  yet  nearer  drew  the  blazing 
world  and,  as  the  hosts  of  heaven  gazed 
in  half-affrighted  awe  and  wonder,  there 
appeared,  pursuing  the  even  tenor  of 
its  course,  one  of  these  minor  worlds 
directly  athwart  the  path  of  the  on- 
coming monster  demon,  which  now 
leaped  forward  with  increasing  speed 
until,  with  deafening  crash,  full  force, 
the  smaller  world  was  struck  and  swal- 
lowed up  in  the  mass  of  burning  matter. 
And  now,  as  if  the  combined  energy  of 
heaven  had  been  centered  at  that  point, 
a  mighty  explosion  burst  asunder  the 
monster's  forward  part  and  checked  its 
onward  flight.  An  hundred  thousand 
miles  in  every  way  the  flames  shot  forth 
and  burst,  and  burst  again,  and  scat- 
tered sulphurous,  burning  fragments  far 
and  wide. 

Then  God  gave  quick  command  to 
Gabriel,  ^'Sound  the  charge.''  And, 
led  by  Michael,  the  hosts  of  heaven 
wheeled   into  line  and,  being  strength- 


84 


The  Devil's  Rebellion, 


ened  by  their  God's  resistless  power, 
hurled  the  monster  back  a  million  miles 
or  more,  and,  leaving  it  at  rest,  reported 
back  to  God  for  further  orders. 

And  the  fragments,  that  because  of 
the  explosion  were  thrown  beyond  the 
world's  attractive  power,  wandered  off, 
innumerable  meteors,  to  remain  for  ages 
in  the  depths  of  space,  or  to  visit  other 
worlds;  and  so  even  now,  tho  thousands 
of  years  have  intervened,  they  come, 
these  silent  messengers,  to  bear  mute, 
tho  forceful  witness,  how  the  devil  would 
have  destroyed  God's  central  seat  of 
power.* 

While  Michael  and  his  army  were 
reassembling  round  the  throne,  the 
loyal  guardian  angels,  who  refused  to 
serve  the  devil,  arrived  and  told  of 
Satan's  treason.  Then,  under  Michael's 
royal  banner,  two-thirds  of  God's  re- 
maining subjects  were  formed  in  battle 
array,  and  a  hundred  thousand  angels, 

*  Psalm  33:13-15. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  81 

strong  and  true,  were  delegated  to 
GabriePs  special  charge*  to  guard  the 
flank  and  rear  of  Michael's  army. 

What  need  that  we  should  try  to 
place  before  the  minds  of  mortals  the 
thoughts  of  doubt  and  consternation 
that  contended  for  admission  to  the 
mind  and  heart  of  every  angel  there. 

For  countless  ages,  for  time  was 
reckoned  not,  sweet  peace  and  universal 
harmony  had  reigned  supreme.  Each 
successive,  created  world,  until  now, 
had  kept  its  appointed  place,  and  the 
minds  of  all  of  heaven's  celestial  beings 
had  moved  as  in  a  groove.  What,  then, 
could  be  the  cause  of  spheres  and  angels 
going  counter  to  God's  will?  Each 
new  creation  had  necessitated  penetrat- 
ing farther  and  yet  farther  into  the 
depths  of  space,  with  a  corresponding 
increase  of  power  to  creatures,  and 
greater  trust  of  their  creator. 

This  much  their   penetrating   minds 

*  Daniel  10:20-21. 


86 


The  Devil's  Rebellion, 


could  grasp,  but  how  could  God  spare 
the  lives  of  rebel  angels  with  justice  to 
his  remaining  loyal  subjects?  Or,  if 
perchance  he  should  destroy,  then  how 
escape  the  censure  of  having  created 
them  in  vain?  Then,  into  the  mind 
and  heart  of  each  one  came,  as  if  'twere 
whispered,  emanating  from  a  thought- 
discerning  God,  knowledge,  that  in 
the  coming  fight  the  Spirit's  almighty 
power  would  be  made  manifest;  and,  by 
some  process  not  yet  to  them  unfolded, 
a  new  joy  was  held  in  store,  of  victories 
-gained  and  strength  increased  by  oppo- 
sition. So  Michael,  with  these  new 
thoughts  born  within  his  soul,  hastened 
with  his  army  to  intercept  and  thwart 
the  deviPs  plans — to  engage  in  battle 
for  their  God. 

They  found  the  devil  fully  prepared, 
and  no  mean  antagonist  was  he;  for, 
with  the  knowledge  and  power  that  God 
had  given  him,  and  with  an  army  of 
angels  that    now   began    to  realize  the 


And  the  Reason  Why.  87 

awful  significance  of  their  folly, — that 
the  issue  might  mean  life  or  death,  he 
met  with  frenzied  fury  the  onslaught  of 
God's  oncoming  legions. 

But  Michael  had  the  greater  number, 
and  by  sheer  preponderous  strength  he 
drove  the  devil  and  his  minions  toward 
the  central  sun;  and,  being  hard  pressed 
there,  they  hesitated  not  to  hurl  with 
telling  force,  great  balls  of  liquid  fire 
carved  out  of  the  burning  mass. 

It  was  now,  by  the  deviPs  orders 
pre-arranged,  the  volunteer  governing 
princes  rallied  all  their  forces  and,  with 
the  strength  of  desperation,  charged 
MichaePs*  army  in  the  rear;  but 
Gabriel,  being  forewarned  and,  acting 
under  special  orders  from  his  God,  did 
strike  them  all  with  blindness, t  and 
thus  ^4n  chains  of  darkness,''  as  prison- 
ers of  war,  back  to  their  Creator's 
throne  they  were  conveyed. 

*  Dan.  10:13.     f  2  Kings  7:18, 


88  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

And  so  the  battle  fiercely  waged  till 
none  of  the  inner  globe  remained;  and, 
being  freed  from  its  magnetic,  attractive 
force,  the  outer  worlds  swung  off  with 
fast-increasing  speed,  ceased  their  ro- 
tary motion,  their  outer  crusts  col- 
lapsed, and  their  internal  fires  burst 
forth  as  aimlessly  they  wandered*  into 
space:— it  was  thus  the  comets  had 
their  birth. 

But  what  was  this  new  thing  that 
settled  like  a  pall,  a  creeping,  murky 
darkness  that  came  from  every  side? 
For  now  that  their  material  sun  had  been 
extinguished  in  the  fight,  the  devil  and 
his  angels  first  learned  the  dire  calamity 
brought  on  by  disobedience; — the  for- 
feiture of  God's  reflected  light. t 

'  Then,  with  an  agonizing  s'zriek, 
The  devil  gave  command; 
And  into  dense  and  compact  form, 
He  gathered  aU  his  clans. 

But  now  again  did  Gabriel  sound  the 
*  Jude  1:13.     |  Kx.  34:35. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  89 

charge,  and  with  crash  on  crash  of 
deafening  thunder,  Michael  and  his 
warriors  assailed  the  hosts  of  night. 
With  ahnost  equal  force  the  devil  and 
his  minions  met  their  volts;  and  with 
curses  on  their  maker,  stood  back  to 
back  and  fought;  and  pandemonium 
reigned,  and  fear  seized  each  quaking 
rebel  heart;  but,  since  death's  decree' 
had  not  yet  been  proclaimed,  their  ranks 
were  not  reduced. 

Thus  back  and  forth  the  armies* 
surged,  with  at  last  diminished  strength, 
when  Michael,  with  his  angels  with- 
drew and  paused  to  rest,  and  plan  for 
further  action.  No  thought  had  they  of 
abandoning  the  fight,  for  God's  com- 
mand to  them  had  been,  **Disperse  the 
villain  rebel  band  and  put  them  all  to 
flight.'' 

Then  the  devil's  clans  drew  close 
together  and  passed  the  word  along  that 
God's  army  was  defeated.  And  hellish 
glee   was    depicted    in    each    face,    and 


90 


The   Devil's  Rebellion, 


chatterings    and    curses    were  heard  on 
every  side. 

It  was  now,  as  Michael's  army  stood 
and  waited,  as  in  the  mellow  light  of 
an  after-glow,  the  brilliancy  of  God's 
own  glory  approached*  from  toward  His 
throne;  and  the  **Word"  with  all  his 
spirit  power  came  hovering  o'er  the 
throng,  and  into  every  several  one  in- 
fused the  strength  to  equal  any  four  the 
devil  had  in  line.f  Then,  the  Spirit 
taking  full  command,  from  four  differ- 
ent sides,  *'God's  Word, "J  their  battle- 
cry,  the  charge  was  on  again,  and,  with 
the  blinding  flash  of  the  light  of  eternal 
day,  they  onward  pressed,  nor  paused 
until  in  the  very  center  of  Satan's  hosts 
they  met,  and  separated  into  four 
shivering,  cringing  parts,  his  now 
thoroughly  frightened  followers.  Then 
right  about  they  turned  and  smote  the 
huddling  groups  until  each  rebel  found 

*  Heb.  1:3.      t  Luke  22:43.     J  Heb.  4:12. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  91 

himself  alone,  when,  with  a  cry  of 
anguish,  he  disappeared  into  **outer 
darkness." 

Then  round  about  the  royal  standard 
Rallied  all  the  angel  throng, 
And  a  uiighty  shout  of  triumph  rent  the  air; 
While  amidst  the  smoke  of  battle, 
Burning  remnants  of  the  ruined 
Worlds    were  bursting  and  were  floating   every- 
where. 
And  lo  a  voice  most  tender 
Brooded  o'er  the  angel  host, 
Saying,  "Gather  up  the  fragments, 
That  nothing  may  be  lost."* 

Then,  when  everything  was  ready, 
and  all  that  yet  remained  from  the 
deviPs  work  of  destruction  was  care- 
fully gathered  in,  back  to 'the  eternal 
throne  God's  army  went;  and,  standing 
there  on  either  side,  presented  their 
report,  and  with  them  was  the  valiant 
Word, — the  prince  of  heaven's  domain;* 
and  He  it  was  that  told  the  story  of 
Satan's  perfidy: — ^^From  the  matter 
that   thou    gavest    the   devil,    he    con- 

*  John  6:12. 


92  The   Devil's  Rebellion, 

structed  worlds  of  wondrous  beauty  and 
reserved  a  central  sun,  round  which  the 
worlds  revolved.     And,  when  they  were 
completed,  he  proclaimed  himself  crea- 
tor and  took  Thy  name  in  vain;  and  the 
angels    too    that    he    took    with    him, 
rebelled  against    Thy  power,    and  took 
oath  to  serve  and  worship  Satan  there. 
*'But  Michael,  with  these  Thy  valiant 
subjects,  fought  and  drove  them  toward 
the   inner   globe,  where    the  rebels,   in 
their  efforts  to  withstand  the  onslaught 
of  Thine   holy  ones,  did  cleave  asunder 
and    use  the  central  sun  of  gravity  for 
weapons,    until    it    was    all    exhausted. 
And    the   outer    world   caught   fire,  and 
drifted   into    space,   and    with    bursting 
fury  scattered  fragments  here  and  there. 
Then  Michael  and   his  army,  strength- 
ened by   Thy  Spirit  and   Thy  brilliant 
light  of    glory    Thou   didst   send,   with 
energy    redoubled,    fought    and    routed 
Satan's  minions  and  drove  them  ijitothe 
outer  darkness. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  ^3 

**And  we  gathered  all  the  fragments 
Of  the  worlds  that  Satan  built, 
And  brought  them  here  to  Thee 
To  do  with  as  thou  wilt. 

'^/And  the  rebel  princes  that  vohin- 
teered  to  serve  in  Satan's  war,  and  who, 
by  Gabriel's  faithful  band,  were  bound 
in  darkness,  we  have  also  brought  and 
now  await  Thy  pleasure  concerning 
theni.'' 

Then  spake  the  God  of  heaven,  and 
His  voice  was  heard  through  all  of  His 
domain, — deep  as  thunder,*  sweet  as 
music,  rolled  like  rippling  waves  of 
light:— 

**Well  done,  my  faithful  servants. 
My  blessing  now  I  freely  give  to  you, 
since  now  you  understand  that  I  must 
place  a  limit  to  the  power  I  give  to 
created  celestial  beings,  and, — 

"Because  the  responsibility 
Is  alw^ays  v^ry  great, 
I've  conceived  a  plan  of  magnitude 
I  will  now  inaugurate. 

*  Ex.  19:16. 


94  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

**Bring  to  me  the  fragments  of  the 
worlds  and  of  the  central  sun  of  gravity 
that  Satan  and  his  angels  used  in  their 
rebellious  fight.  We  will  make  other 
worlds  according  to  the  plans  I  gave 
the  devil.  Two  shall  be  of  almost  equal 
size*  and  one  of  them  we  will  wonder- 
fully enlarge  upon.  Besides  the  in- 
animate things  I  will  create  and  place 
upon  this  world  animals,  birds  of  the 
air,  and  fishes  in  its  seas,  and  millions 
of  other  things  will  live  thereon;  and 
everything  shall  reproduce  and  *bring 
forth  of  its  kind.'  And  a  governor 
there  shall  be,  for  we  will  create  man, 
and  he  shall  have  dominion  over  all. 
Time  also  we  will  now  create  ;  seven 
times  shall  be  the  probationary  period 
of  man's  mortal  existence. 

*'And  the  deviPs  jealous  rage  will 
manifest  itself,  and  he  will  interfere,  so 
that  to  every  mortal's  body  death  will 
come,  but  his  spirit  shall  survive.     And 

*  Note:  The  earth  and  Venus. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  ^^ 

I  will  provide  a  Saviour,  and  all  the 
sons  of  men,  who  in  their  flesh  will 
conquer  Satan,  through  that  Saviour's 
name,  I  will  resurrect  and  glorify,  and 
they  shall  be  with  me,  to  help  us  rule 
the  universe,  for  they  will  be  the  re- 
deemed *sons  of  God.' "*  Then,  **the 
morning  stars  sang  together  and  all  the 
sons  of  God  shouted  for  joy,"t  because, 
for  man,  there  would  be  *'hope  of 
eternal  life,  which  God,  that  cannot 
lie,  promised  before  the  world  began;" J 
and  also  of  a  Saviour  King  '*who  verily 
was  foreordained  before  the  foundation 
of  the  world. "§ 

Again  God  said:  '^Thou  shalt  take 
the  monster-burning  world,  with  which 
Satan  thought  to  storm  the  battlements 
of  heaven,  and  bid  it  pause  to  find 
eternal  rest,  where  Satan  placed  the 
central  sun  of  gravity,  round  which  the 
other    worlds    revolved;    and    from    its 

*  Rev.  21:7  and  Heb.  1:14.  f  Job  38:7.  J  Tit. 
1:2.     §  1  Pet.  1:20. 


^6  The   Devil's  Rebellioil, 

depths  of  blazing  fury  extract  the 
burned-out  star,  and  let  it  be  a  reflecting 
satellite,  encircling  the  new  world  made 
for  man,*  and  we  will  give  it  power  to 
cause  this  world's  briny  waters  to  ebb 
and  flow.  And  this  new  world,  which 
-[yY  the  name  of  earth  shall  hence  be 
known,  shall,  with  its  reflecting  moon, 
revolving  as  they  go,  encircle  the  mon- 
ster sun  of  heat  and  power.  This  sun, 
being  in  the  position  of  the  magnetic 
globe  of  fire  which  held  the  other  worlds 
in  check-,  these  worlds  now  being 
wandering  comets,  at  stated  periods 
shall  visit,  and,  being  caught  by  the 
sun's  magnetic  force,  will,  with  energy 
augmented,  be  hurled  back  upon  their 
courses  to  make  another  voyage  through 
the  depths  of  space. 

*  *  And  when  thou  hast  formed  the  other 

worlds    of    the    remaining    fragments, 

some  larger  and  some  smaller  than  the 

world  we  make  for  man,  they  too  shall 

*  Psalms  115:16. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  ^7 

revolve  around  this  sun  and  so  complete 
a  system  to  replace  the  one  destroyed 
by  the  devil. 

**0f  the  fiery  matter  cast  into  space, 
when  we  checked  the  monster  burning 
world,  thou  shalt  collect  enough  to  form 
a  little  star  of  wondrous  brilliancy;  and 
when  the  time  has  fully  come,  it  shall 
be  set  to  herald  the  birth  and  mark  the 
place  of  mortaPs  Saviour. 

**We  will  remember  the  awful  threat 
with  which  Satan  seduced  his  angels 
when  into  the  central  sun  he  hurled, 
with  malicious  wantonness,  a  world  of 
magnitude  a\id  beauty;  then  called  this 
"blazing  fury  hell,  and  into  its  sulphur- 
ous, fiery  depths  he  thought  to  plunge 
the  soul  that  dared  to  disobey  him.  So, 
from  the  remnants  of  this  same  hell 
shall  the  earth  now  be  constructed,  and 
in  its  core  shall  be,  intensified,  the  heat 
of  the  brimstone  fire*   with  which  the 

*  Job  28:5.     "And  under  it  (the  earth)  is     .     . 
fire." 
(7) 


98  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

devil  thought  to  conquer  Michael's 
army.  Within  the  very  center  of  this 
fire-constructed,  superheated  hell, 
deep,*  wide  and  dark  shall  be  a  hollow 
space;  and  within  this  prison,  'in 
chains  of  darkness,'  f  thou  shalt  put 
the  co-rebellious  princes,  there  to  await 
the  end  of  time;  but  the  devil  and  his 
angels  we  will  tolerate,  and  utilize  to 
strengthen  the  will  of  man,  until  the 
time  has  fully  come  that,  being  de- 
ceived by  Satan,  the  sons  of  men  will 
slay  their  fellowmen  so  that  their  blood 
will  flow  like  water  in  the  land;  then 
we  will  seize  and  bind  and  cast  into 
this  prison  vault, J  the  malicious  insti- 
gator of  all  their  woes,  and  set  a  seal 
upon  him:  Then  the  devil,  finding 
himself  in  company  with  his  former 
fellow-conspirators,  will,  with  them, 
form  a  pact,  and  swear  eternal  ven- 
geance on  the  sons  of  men,  and  lay 
plans    for   the   destruction   of   the   *be- 

*  Job  11:8.     t  2  P^ter  Z:4.     %  Rev.  20:1,  2. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  99 

loved  city'  of  my  elect.  *  These,  dur- 
ing Satan's  imprisonment,  for  a  thou- 
sand years,  will  rule  the  world  in  right- 
eousness;t  and,  for  that  length  of  time 
man's  genius  shall  have  full  sway  with- 
out the  devil's  interference.  And  man 
shall  cleave  the  air,  and  dive  beneath 
the  seas;  shall,  by  electric  power  dis- 
seminate the  darkness  wherever  man 
shall  dwell,  and  they  will  talk  from 
zone  to  zone,  for  distance  then  will  be 
a^  tho  'twere  not.  Then  everything 
shall  be  at  peace,  and  death  shall  stay 
his  hand  from  every  man  until  an  hun- 
dred years  have  run  their  course, J  so 
that  wisdom  will  have  time  to  crown 
the  brow  of  every  mortal.  § 

**But  when  the  etid  of  time  has  come, 
the  devil  and  his  cohorts  shall  be 
^loosed  a  little  season,'  and  they  will 
spread  themselves  abroad  upon  the 
earth   and,    by    their  wiles,   will  breed 

*  Isa.  65:9.     t  Isa.  54:7,  8.     t  Isa.  65:20. 
§  Isa.  32:4. 


100  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

sedition   in  the  minds    of   men  * — wil^ 

marshal  them  to  arms  and  lay  siege  to 

man's  central  seat  of  power. t 

**Th«n  I  win  judge  the  devil, 
Tho  he  shaH  have  the  earth 

That  we  are  going  to  make; 
For  is  it  not  the  fragments 
Of  the  once  glorious  realm 

That  Satan  tried  to  take? 
And  the  sons  of  men  who  serve 

The  devil  in  that  world 
With  Satan  shall  be  judged 

And  into  fire  be  hurled. 

**For  at  the  end  of  time  we  will  burn 
this  world  with  fire,  and  it  shall  be 
called  hell;  and  in  its  fiery  depths,  to 
its  burning  brimstone  surface,  and  with- 
in its  attractive  force,  shall  the  devil 
and  his  angels,  and  the  *  naked  souls' 
of  sinful  mortals  be  confined  forever; 
and  we  will  cast  this  hell  away  into  tbe 
'outer  darkness.' 

**And  the  rebellious  princes,  with  their 
lieutenants  and  attendants,  shall  each 
take  charge  of  his  respective  blazing 
comet- world;  the  one  of  which  he  was 

*  Rev.  20:7-9.  f  Isa.  55:5. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  101 

appointed  governor  when  these  worlds 
were  first  constructed  and  completed — 
shall  follow  them,  and  at  their  farthest 
point  of  divergence  from  the  sun,  shall 
turn  them  back  and  hurl  them  on  their 
courses.  Thus  in  strenuous  effort 
throughout  the  endless  ages  of  eternity 
shall  they  be  constantly  employed. 

**The  largest  comet-world,  the  one  on 
which  the  devil  organized  his  army  and 
thought  to  have  dominion,  for  seven 
times  shall  wander  burning  in  the 
depths  of  space,  that  incipient  sin  may 
be  purged  therefrom.*  Then  shall  its 
wondrous  beauty  be  restored,  and,  mor- 
tal's world,  being  on  fire  of  hell,  shall 
be  displaced  by  it;t  and,  upon  the  ex- 
pansive plain,  where  Satan's  hosts  as- 
sembled, shall  be  my  City  Beautiful, J 
with  **streets  of  gold"  and  jeweled 
walls§  of  equal  length  and  breadth  and 
height,    and  there  shall  be    my  throne 

*  Gen.  4:10.     f  Rev.  21:1-3.     |  Rev.  21;2. 
Rev.  21;16. 


102  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

where  we   will   dwell    forever   and  for- 
ever."* 

Then  all  the  hosts  were  filled  with  awe, 
Nor    could  they  understand;! 

But  wondered  at  the  magnitude 
Of  God's  unfolding  plan; 

For  how  could  flesh  and  blood  defeat 
The  devil  and  his  clans? 

But  firmly  fixed  in  all  their  minds 
was  this:  That  God  is  all  in, all,  and 
He  the  only  source  of  all  the  power 
that  is,  J  and  His  will  is  law  infallible 
to  every  one. 

Then  there  arose  a  mighty  wave  of 
vibrant,  thrilling  sound  of  music,  deep- 
toned  and  glorious: — **Hosanna  to  our 
God;  our  king  forevermore." 

Then  silence  reigned,  and  again 
God^s  voice  was  heard: — *'Take  heed, 
my  loyal  subjects:  no  other  worlds  shall 
be  constructed  until  the  end  of  time; 
for  every  act,  even  each  thought  of  mor- 
tal§  must  be  recorded  in  a  book,||  for  I 
will  appoint  a  day,  in  which  to  judge  the 

*  Rev.  21:22.     f  1  Pet.  1:12.    %  Rom.  13:1. 
§    Heb.  4:12.     ||  Rev.  20:15. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  103 

world,  then  'time  shall  be  no  longer.'  * 
Now  therefore  hasten  all  to  your  ap- 
pointed work,  for  the  mists  of  heaven 
thou  shalt  collect,  with  which  to  cool 
the  outer  surface  of  the  reconstructed 
world,  that  it  may  the  sooner  become 
man's  habitation.!  You  must  also 
guide  the  comet-worlds  until  the  end  of 
time,  for  not  a  single  star  must  be  con- 
sumed by  these  lost  wanderers  through 
the  realms  of  space.  J  And,  when  the 
end  of  time  has  fully  come,  thou  shalt 
collect  the  remaining  meteors;  we  will 
restore  their  former  sulphurous  heat 
and  with  them  we  will  overwhelm  the 
devil  and  his  rebellious  cohorts  and  all 
the  sons  of  men§  that  join  them  when 
at  the  battle  of  Armageddon,  ||  they  try 
to  capture  the  'beloved  city'  of  Mine 
elect. H  Then  shall  the  earth's  crust  be 
broken  down,**  'shall  fall'  and  the  fires 


*  Rev.  10:6.      f  Gen.  1:2.     %  Jude  13. 

§  Rev.  16:14, 15,  21.    ||  Rev.  16:16.    1  Rev.  20:9. 

**  Isaiah  24:19,  20. 


104  The  DeviFs  Rebellion, 

of  hell  burst  forth  so  that  Hhe  earth, 
and  the  works  that  are  therein  shall  be 
burned  up/  And  I  decree  that  this 
burning  world,  the  comets,  sun  and 
moon,  shall  forever  be  a  warning  to  all 
celestial  beings,*  for  they  proclaim  the 
dire  effects  of  Disobedience,  Treason 
and  Rebellion." 


*  Rev.  14:10.  ''And  he  shall  be  tormented  with 
fire  and  brimstone  in  the  presence  of  the  holy 
angels,  and  in  the  presence  of  the  Ivamb." 
Isaiah  66:24.  "And  they  shall  go  forth,  and  look 
upon  the  carcases  of  the  men  that  have  trans- 
gressed against  me:  for  their  worm  shall  not  die, 
neither  shall  their  fire  be  quenched;  and  they 
^hall  be  an  abhorring  unto  all  flesh," 


And  the  Reason  Why.  105 


PART  THIRD. 

SATAN  AND  THE  FLOOD. 
CHAPTER  VII. 

In  which  we  tell  of  Satan's  seven  periods  of 
existence,  the  reason  for  an  antediluvian,  tropical 
state  of  our  earth,  and  for  the  flood. 

The  devil  may  be  said  to  occupy,  in 
the  past,  present  and  future,  seven 
periods  of  existence  in  a  constantly  de- 
scending scale  of  power: 

First,  —  as  God's  greatest  celestial 
prince — the  ^* Anointed  Cherub. ''* 

Second, — a  rebellious  prince  at  large. 

Third, — (in  time)  from  Adam  to  the 
flood. 

Fourth, — from  the  flood  to  Christ. 

Fifth, — from  Christ  to  the  millen- 
nium. 

Sixth, — during  the  millennial  period, 
and 

*  Note: — None  but  God's  greatest  ruler  would 
|j£^ve  dared  undertake  a  rebellion, 


106  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

Seventh, — (after  time)  in  hell. 

In  the  Bible  the  term,  '*the  Lord's 
anointed,''  invariably  refers  to  a  king, 
a  ruler  of  countries  and  peoples;  so  we 
must  conclude  that  as  **the  Anointed 
Cherub,"  in  his  first  state,  Satan  was 
God's  greatest  prince,  ruler  of  all  celes- 
tial worlds  and  beings,  responsible  and 
subservient  only  to  God.*  We  can 
therefore  understand  something  of  what 
the  devil  lost  by  his  rebellion  and  fall, 
and  tho  he  was  allowed  full  control  of 
his  co-rebellious  minor  angels,  an  in- 
numerable host,  until  the  creation  of 
man,  Satan's  power  to  do  harm  was  no 
doubt  obviated  by  the  vigilance  of  God's 
remaining  loyal  angels;  and  so,  during 
his  second  state,  we  can  conceive  of 
Satan  wandering  aimlessly  from  planet 
to  planet  accompanied  by  his  fellow 
evil  conspirators,  perhaps  holding  court 

♦Note:— Altho  Ezekiel  (28:12)  speaks  of  the 
king  of  Tyrus,"  Satan  is  evidently  the  subject  of 
this  prophecy,  for  "the  king"  was  never  "in 
Kden,  the  garden  of  God,"  nor  was  he  "created." 


And  the  Reason  Why.  107 

in  mock  imitation  of  his  Creator,  being 
repeatedly  interrupted  and  routed  by 
God's  loyal  hosts. 

Upon  the  advent  of  man  and  animals, 
however,  the  devil  found  scope  to  exer- 
cise his  dCvSigning  villianies.  In  this 
third  period  of  his  existence,  not  con- 
tent with  having  caused  the  fall  of  man, 
Satan  evidently  interfered  with  the  re- 
productive powers  of  '*all  flesh,''  there- 
by producing  such  a  conglomerate  mass, 
of  hideous  monstrosities  that  a  flood 
was  necessary  to  '* destroy  them;"  and 
with  the  exception  of  the  pure-bloods, 
*'two  of  every  kind"  *Ho  keep  seed 
alive  upon  the  face  of  the  earth,"  all 
were  drowned.  Man,  and  even  the 
**sons  of  God"  did  not  escape  the  dev- 
il's evil  machinations,  for  we  are  told, 
''there  were  giants  in  the  earth  in  those 
days,"  because  of  the  intermarriage  of 
celestial*  with  terrestial  beings.  These 
''sons  of  God"  were  evidently  angels 
under  the  influence  and  supervision  of 

*  Note  ;  See  page  174. 


108  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

the  devil,  because  **God  saw  that  the 
wickedness  of  man  was  great  in  the 
earth,  and  that  every  imagination  of 
the  thoughts  of  his  heart  was  only  evil 
continually." 

But  for  the  fact  that  ^*God  breathed 
into  man's  nostrils  the  breath  of  life 
and  he  became  a  living  soul,*'  instead 
of  the  Darwinian  theory  that  man  was 
evolved  from  a  monkey,  the  apes  and 
monkeys  could  easily  have  been  the  re- 
sult of  this  indiscriminate  cross-breed- 
ing of  God's  creatures. 

Since  the  devil  was  able  to  appear  in 
the  form  of  a  serpent  and  utter  words 
intelligible  to  Eve,  no  doubt  he  could 
and  did  continue  to  employ  similar 
methods  through  this  third  period  to 
deceive  and  cause  man  to  wander  far- 
ther and  farther  from  his  Creator. 

God  had  commanded  that  the  ani- 
mals should  ^^bring  forth  after  their 
kind,"  but  Satan  evidently  had  power 
tg  blind  the  eyes  of  these  creatures  re- 


And  the  Reason  Why.  100 

garding  their  affiliation  with  their  kind, 
for  **God  looked  upon  the  earth,  and, 
behold  it  was  corrupt;  for  all  flesh  had 
corrupted  his  way  upon  the  earth.  And 
the  Lord  said,  I  will  destroy  man  whom 
I  have  created,  from  the  face  of  the 
earth;  both  man,  and  beast,  and  the 
creeping  thing,  and  the  fowls  of  the 
air.''  The  ^'corruption''  spoken  of 
here,  for  which  God  * 'destroyed  all 
flesh,"  was  evidently  something  more 
than  the  destruction  of  each  other,  for 
this  savage  nature  of  animals  still  con- 
tinues, and  if  God  had  allowed  the  same 
* 'corruption"  to  continue  after  the 
flood,  for  which  He  destroyed  them,  He 
would  have  been  inconsistent,  and  this 
we  know  to  be  impossible. 

Thus  it  was  that  during  the  devil's 
third  period  of  existence  and  man's 
second  period  from  the  garden  to  the 
flood,  Satan  exercised  such  a  degree  of 
power  over  both  men  and  animals  that 
they  were  corrupted  beyond  redemption; 


m  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

and  so  God  brought  about  a  flood  of 
waters  to  ^*destroy  all  flesh  from  the 
face  of  the  earth." 

As  a  training  school,  however,  an 
example  of  sins  to  be  avoided,  this  pe- 
riod was  of  great  importance,  an  essen- 
tial factor  in  the  development  of  future 
man's  moral  character. 

It  was  during  this  period  that  the 
prehistoric  animals,  whose  bones  form 
our  phosphate  beds,  inhabited  our  earth, 
and  that  the  immense  tropical  forests, 
which  form  our  coal  beds,  grew  and 
flourished.  Then  the  climatic  condi- 
tions were  vastly  different  from  what 
they  are  now,  because,  while  **all 
things  are  possible  with  God,''  yet  we 
know  that,  in  dealing  with  man,  God 
operates  through  existing  material 
agencies  which  are  susceptible  to  analy- 
sis through  man's  reasoning  powers. 
Of  course  we  have  no  conditions  in  any 
clime  on  earth  now  whereby  ** forty 
days"   rain    would   precipitate    enough 


And  the  Reason  Why.  m 

water  to  cover  the  ^/mountain  tops"  to 
a  depth  of  '^fifteen  cubits  upward.'' 
Evidently  **the  waters  that  were  above 
the  firmament,''*  were  suddenly  pre- 
cipitated upon  that  portion  of  the  earth 
inhabited  by  man.  Then,  too,  the 
mountains  were  not  so  high  as  they  are 
at  the  present  time. 

The  warm  tropical  condition  of  the 
earth  at  that  time  is  easily  accounted 
for:  the  earth's  crust  was  evidently 
very  much  thinner  than  it  is  now;  and 
until  it  had  attained  to  a  certain  degree 
of  thickness,  our  earth  cooled  much 
more  rapidly  than  it  has  since,  until  at 
present  the  internal  fires  are  apparently 
holding  their  own  and  there  is  no  per- 
ceptible change  in  the  temperature.  Of 
one  thing  we  are  certain:  before  the 
flood,  ** times  and  seasons"  were  very 
uncertain,  t 

While  there  might  have  been  a  gla- 
cial period,  for  God  could  have  removed 

*  Gen.  1:7,  8.     t  Oen,  8:21,  22.  \  " 


112      ,     The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

our  earth  far  from  our  sun  in  order  to 
cool  it  more  quickly,  the  earth  must 
have  shifted  on  its  axis  at  the  time  of  the 
flood;  this  would  account  for  mastodons 
being  frozen  up  in  the  ice, and  for  so-called 
glacial  rocks  scattered  so  widely  over  our 
country,  supposed  to  have  been  brought 
there  by  icebergs,  but  they  might  have 
been  meteors  from  some  other  planet. 

Since  there  was  no  rainbow  before 
the  flood,  the  conditions  must  have 
been  such  that  a  rainbow  was  impossi- 
ble; the  sun  shone  dimly  through  **the 
waters  that  were  above  the  firmament," 
but  God  was  going  to  change  condi- 
tions and  make  them  such  that  another 
flood  would  be  impossible  by  the  ordi- 
nary methods  of  nature.  This  He  un- 
doubtedly did,  and  then  God  established 
a  '^covenant"  with  man  and  with 
^ 'every  living  creature,"  that  there 
should  no  ''more  be  a  flood  to  destroy 
the  earth."  He  says,  "I  do  set  my 
bow  in  the  cloud,  and  it  shall  be  for  a 


And  the  Reason  Why.  113 

token  of  the  covenant  .  .  .  and  the 
waters  shall  no  more  become  a  flood  to 
destroy  all  flesh." 

Because  of  the  superabundance  of 
moisture  or  water  ^^above  the  firma- 
ment,"  then  the  greater  part  of  the 
earth  must  have  .been  a  tropical  climate, 
which  easily  accounts  for  the  luxurious 
and  giant  growth  of  vegetation,  and 
the  great  number  and  mammoth  propor- 
tions of  the  antediluvian  animals. 

Another  reason  for  the  abnormal  size 
of  these  animals  might  be  assigned: — 
We  have  found  that  by  the  mating  of 
mortals,  who  were  no  doubt  of  ordinary 
size,  with  celestial  beings,  **giants" 
were  produced;  so  also,  animals  of  gi- 
gantic size  might  have  been  the  result 
of  their  failure  to  obey  God's  command, 
to  * 'bring  forth  after  their  kind." 

In  our  *  *sister  planet, ' '  Venus,  we  have 
an  illustration  of  what  our  earth  prob- 
ably was  at  that  time.     The  density  of  ' 

the  clouds  hovering  in  the  atmosphere 
(8)  .         -^        • 


114  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

of  Venus  prevents  us  from  observing  its 
surface  except  a  glimpse  of  small  areas 
at  rare  intervals,  if  indeed  we  ever  see 
the  body  of  the  planet  at  all. 

There  were,  no  doubt,  long  periods 
of  time  when  the  sun  failed  to  give 
even  her  pale  light  over  at  least  a  great 
portion  of  the  earth;  therefore  more 
sunshine  and  a  more  rigorous  climate 
was  essential  to  the  development  of 
man's  intellect,  for  his  convenience  and 
for  the  growth  of  food-stuffs  that  could 
be  preserved  for  a  longer  period  of  time 
than  could  those  that  were  grown  in  so 
warm  a  climate;  so  we  hear  God  saying: 
** While  the  earth  remaineth,  seed-time 
and  harvest,  and  cold  and  heat,  and 
summer  and  winter^  and  day  and  night 
shall  not  cease.''*-    (Italics  mine.) 

The  longevity  of  the  human  race 
from  Adam  to  Noah,  is  easily  accounted 
for  if  we  take  into  consideration  God's 
desire  to  have  the  earth  populated  by 

*  Gen.  8:22. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  11^5 

the  ordinary  process  of  reproduction  or 
birth  of  the  human  family,  the  fact  that 
man  had  so  recently  come  from  the 
hand  of  God  absolutely  perfect,  his 
nomadic,  out-door  life  and  the  absence 
of  the  innumerable  diseases  *' flesh  is 
heir  to"  now.  Just  a  word  here  regard- 
ing the  age  of  our  earth: — The  great 
craters  caused  by  earthquakes,  into' 
which  animals  and  even  trees  have 
been  known  to  fall,  the  earth  closing 
over  them  at  once — these  could  become 
petrified  and  so  remain  intact  for  ages 
— ^^ost  rivers,"  through  whose  chan- 
nels large  bodies  can  be  instantly  con- 
veyed to  vast  depths,  and  then  subse- 
quent volcanic  upheavals  and  even 
earthquakes  could  so  disturb  the  river's 
course  that  no  trace  of  it  could  be 
ound;  these  facts  make  utterly  impos- 
sible any  authentic  or  reliable  record  of 
time  that  may  be  established  by  geol- 
ogy. Therefore  the  **  cycles  of  ages" 
required  to  fill  above  the  aforesaid  bod- 


116  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

ies  and  obstacles,  and  prated  about  by 
scientists,  so  called,  are  mere  dogmatic 
statements  of  unsupported  theory. 
There  is  nothing  in  geology  to  contra- 
dict holy  writ;  in  fact  I  find  in  the 
Scriptures  an  infallible  key  to  unlock 
and  make  plain  those  things  discovered 
by  geological,  research. 

It  is  reasonable  to  suppose  that  before 
the  flood  a  much  larger  part  of  the 
earth  was  covered  with  water  than  is  at 
present,  because  at  the  time  of  man's 
creation,  when  the  crust  of  the  earth 
was  thin,  a  depth  of  waters  such  as  we 
have  in  our  oceans  to-day  would  have 
been  impossible,  so  even  less  water 
would  have  covered  a  greater  area;  it  is 
also  reasonable  to  suppose  that  at  the 
time  of  the  flood,  large  portions  of  the 
earth  arose  bodily  from  the  ocean's  bed 
and  **the  fountains  of  the  deep  were 
broken  up;"  thus  causing  a  rush  of 
waters,  a  tidal  wave,  that  would  help 
materially   in   flooding    the  ** mountain 


And  the  Reason  Why.  117 

tops;''  though  the  shifting  of  the  earth 
on  its  axis  would  more  easily  account 
for  the  unusual  and  seemingly  mirac- 
ulous phenomena.  While  the  extreme 
wickedness  of  man  and  the  utter  corrup- 
tion of  *^all  flesh",  merited  destruction, 
to  have  destroyed  them  all  would  have 
been  a  complete  victory  for  Satan;  there- 
fore, in  order  that  God  might  ultimately 
triumph  over  'Hhe  powers  of  darkness," 
it  was  necessary  *Ho  keep  seed  alive 
upon  the  face  of  the  earth"  and  we  can 
easily  understand  how  appropriate  an 
ark  would  be,  by  the  use  of  which  God 
could  and  did,  by  the  most  natural 
causes,  transfer  his  creatures  to  some 
spot  where  conditions  were  most  favora- 
ble for  their  preservation  and  reproduc- 
tion. It  is  evident  that  at  some  time  or 
other  large  portions  of  the  densely  forest- 
covered  earth  sank  beneath  the  waters 
to  rise  again  at  a  later  period,  because 
fossils  and  sea  shells  are  found  in  coal 
beds  and  other-wheres. 


118  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

There  may  have  been  a  number  of 
upheavals  that  brought  to  light  our 
western  hemisphere,  so  that  the  water 
level  would  not  have  been  increased  to 
any  great  extent  at  any  one  time;  tho 
at  this  distance  from  '^the  cradle  of  our 
race,''  the  sinking  or  rising  of  a  whole 
continent  would  have  created  scarcely 
sufficient  disturbance  there  to  have  been 
recorded  in  Moses'  account  of  creation. 
God  intended  that  man  should  know 
about  the  turning  point  in  his  earthly 
career,  else  we  would  probably  not  have 
had  a  record  even  of  the  flood. 

Since  volcanic  heat  accompanies  such 
a  vast  upheaval  all  fishes  and  other  sea 
animals  were  killed,  and  their  bones, 
rolled  together  by  the  wash  of  waters, 
very  naturally  formed  our  phosphate 
beds. 

*'And  the  waters  returned  from  off 
the  earth,"  because,  in  all  probability, 
in  the  re-adjustment  of  our  earth's 
crust  (after  it  had  become  sufficiently 


And  the  Reason  Why.  119 

thick),  the  oceans  were  made  much 
deeper  than  they  had  formerly  been, 
thus  making  room  for  the  waters  that 
covered  the  inhabited  parts  of  our  earth. 
Such  a  deepening  of  the  ocean's  bed 
must  have  taken  place  when  our  western 
hemisphere  arose  out  of  the  briny  deep; 
or,  perhaps  the  fabled,  mythical  * 'At- 
lantis,'' with  its  surrounding  inhabited 
country,  at  a  much  later  period  than 
the  flood,  sank  and  made  room  for  the 
waters  displaced  by  the  rising  of  the 
new  continent. 

Thus  we  can  see  that  by  the  most 
natural  of  causes  God  brought  about  a 
flood.  By  natural  physical  causes  he 
also  enlarged  the  landed  surface  of  our 
earth,  and  changed  the  climatic  condi 
tions,  making  them  more  suitable  foi 
the  habitation  and  development  of  man; 
therefore  we  say,  let  the  atheist,  ag- 
nostic. Christian  Scientist  and  the  in- 
fidel disprove  that  God  predicted  and 
brought    about    a    flood   of   waters   by 


120  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

natural  physical  causes,  which  fact 
history  and  geological  research  prove 
conclusively;  then  we  will  take  more 
stock  in  their  vain  endeavor  to  elimin- 
ate and  annihilate  a  literal  material  fire- 
and-brimestone  hell,  which  God  has 
predicted,  and  by  causes  just  as  natural 
and  literal  will  bring  about. 

Why  did  God  create  and  place  man 
upon  our  earth  while  it  was  so  circum- 
scribed and  while  it  was  yet  in  such  a 
tropical  or  semi-tropical  state?  And 
why  should  there  have  been  a  tropical 
period  of  our  earth  with  gigantic 
vegetation  and  mammoth  animals?    * 

In  these  there  was  a  two-fold  pur- 
pose:-— 

First — our  earth  is  the  nursery  and 
training  school  of  the  universe;  and. 

Second — such  a  condition  of  climate 
was  necessary  for  the  growth  of  vegeta- 
tion and  animals  out  of  which  to  form 
our  phosphate  deposits,  our  coal  beds, 
our  oil  and  gas  necessary  for  the  use  of 


And  the  Reason  Why.  121 

man,  in  his  present  state  of  civilization, 
whose  needs  God  always  has  and  always 
will  provide  for,  because,  **known  unto 
God  are  all  his  works  from  the  be- 
ginning." 

In  regard  to  man's  education  and 
mental  development,  altho  he  was 
perfect  as  a  physical  being,  as  an 
intellectual  being,  God  started  man 
at  the  very  bottom  of  the  ladder; 
placing  him  in  the  *  ^Garden  of  Eden" 
where  climatic  conditions  were  perfect 
— the  veritable  nursery  of  the  human 
race — where  absolutely  nothing  could 
harm  his  body  until  he  could  become 
thoroughly  conversant  with  the  growth 
of  all  fruits  and  vegetables,  and  with 
the  habits  of  all  animal  life,  at  least 
such  as  would  be  of  use  to  him  during 
his  probationary  period  on  earth. 

It  is  not  to  be  supposed,  however, 
that,  all  the  kinds  of  animals  that  in- 
habit our  earth  now,  and  also  of  those 
that   have  become  extinct,  were  in  the 


122  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

Garden  of  Eden.  As  there  are  entirely 
different  species  of  animals  in  the  differ- 
ent countries  of  out  earth  to-day,  no 
doubt  it  was  so  in  the  early  period  of 
the  world's  history;  therefore  it  is  not 
at  all  likely  that  Adam  arid  Eve,  while 
strolling  in  the  Garden  of  Eden,  found 
it  necessary  to  walk  around  or  climb 
over  a  saurian,  several  hundred  feet  in 
length,  skeletons  of  which  are  found  in 
our  western  hemisphere. 

The  dethronement  and  banishment 
from  the  presence  of  God  would 
probably  have  been  sufficient  punish- 
ment for  the  devil  and  his  angels  had 
they  not  interfered  with  God's  plan 
of  producing  /^begotten  sons"  of  the 
human  race  to  replace  the  devil  and  his 
disobedient,  rebellious  angels  in  the 
heavens. 

Adam  and  Eve  were  commanded,  be- 
fore the  fall,  to  ** multiply  and  replenish 
the  earth,"  and,  as  they  were  given 
'*power    over    all    things    on    earth," 


And  the  Reason  Why.  123 

sufficient  governing  powers  would  have 
been  developed  by  them  so  God  could 
have  ''translated"  them,  as  he  did 
righteous  Enoch,  *  to  his  heavenly 
kingdom  and  they  could  have  filled  the 
positions  made  vacant  by  Satan's  re- 
bellion. In  this  case  we  can  reasonably 
suppose  that  God's  world-building 
could,  after  a  brief  space  of  time,  have 
continued  uninterruptedly  and  gone  on 
indefinitely;  their  governors  and  in- 
habitants would  have  been  provided  for 
from  the  translated  sons  of  men,  and 
the  earth  would  have  continued  a  verit- 
able nursery  of  the  universe  for  ever  and 
for  ever.  By  this  plan,  because  of 
their  mental  training  during  their 
physical  growth,  men,  after  being 
translated  into  celestial  beings,  would, 
no  doubt,  have  been  superior  to  created 
angels. 

Realizing  all  this,  and  that  God  was 
utilizing  for  His  own   glorification  the 

*Gen.  5:24. 


124  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

conditions  brought  about  by  Satan's 
rebellion,  his  envious  jealousy  no  doubt 
prompted  the  devil  to  again  interfere 
and  try  to  thwart  God's  plans.  In  this 
first  plan  for  man's  existence,  inaugu- 
rated by  the  Lord,  all  men  would  have 
been  saved;  but  by  Satan's  diabolical 
scheme  to  alienate  man  from  his  God, 
it  became  possible  for  man  to  conquer 
the  devil,  thereby  gaining  knowledge 
and  strength,  glory  and  honor  and 
power,  far  greater  than  would  have 
been  possible  without  the  devil's  inter- 
ference. But,  as  a  just  punishment  for 
his  pernicious  meddling,  after  God  has 
utilized  Satan  and  his  minions  in  the 
strengthening  processes  of  man  to  fit 
him  for  the  exalted  position  of  an  *'heir 
and  ruler"  in  the  heavens,  God  will 
make  this  world  a  burning  hell  into 
which  the  devil,  his  angels  and  the  vile 
accumulated  excrement  of  all  time  will 
be  cast,  and  all  will  **flee  away  from 
the  face  of  God"  and  wander  forever  in 


And  the  Reason  Why.  125 

outer  darkness.*  Thus  did  Satan  lose 
the  liberty  he  had  before  the  world  was, 
and  by  his  own  volition  made  possible 
the  birth,  growth,  glorification  and 
crowning  of  the  Saviour  of  our  race, 
*'God's  only  begotten  Son,"  who, under 
God,  rules  the  universe  with  greater 
** honor  and  glory  and  power"  than  had 
Satan,  the  ** Anointed  Cherub"  whom 
Christ  supplanted  in  the  economy  of 
God's  universal  government.  But  since 
God  neither  does  nor  says  anything  in 
vain,  it  is  not  in  conformity  with  our 
idea  of  an  all-powerful  God,  that  He 
would  allow  Satan  to  thwart  and  forever 
defeat  a  plan  that  He  had  inaugurated. 
Then,  since  Venus  is  practically  in  the 
same  condition  that  our  earth  was  in 
during  the  antediluvian  age,  when  man 
was  created,  placed  in  the  garden  of 
Eden  and  commanded  to  ** multiply  and 
replenish  the  earth,"  it  is  not  only  pos- 
sible, but  quite  within  the  limits  of 
*Gen.  1:2,  also  Matt.  8:12. 


126       .     The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

reasonable  probability,  and  so  we  predict 
that,  at  the  end  of  time,  when  a  suf- 
ficient number  of  the  sons  of  men  shall 
have  **become  priests  unto  God,"  when 
our  earth  shall  have  **passed  away," 
then  will  our  sister  planet,  Venus,  be- 
come the  nursery  of  the  universe;  will 
be  made  to  serve  the  purpose  for  which 
bur  earth  was  first  intended.  Another 
race  of  beings  *4nade  in  the  image  and 
likeness  of  God"  will  be  placed  thereon, 
and  these,  having  no  evil  tempter  to 
ensnare  them  into  an  act  of  dis- 
obedience, wnll  * 'multiply"  uninter- 
ruptedly, and  when  they  shall  have 
attained  to  a  degree  of  knowledge  to  be 
able  to  fill  the  position  that  God  orig- 
inally intended  that  the  descendants  of 
Adam  and  Eve  should  fill  in  the  heavens, 
they  will  be  translated  and  *'go  up 
higher,"  and  so  God  will  eventually 
triumph  over  Satan  and  will  carry  out 
His  original  plan  of  peopling  all  future 
created   worlds  with  begotten  sons  in- 


And  the  Reason  Why.  127 

stead  of  created  servants.  Thus  we  see 
that  Satan's  attempt  to  usurp  authority 
and  interfere  with  God's  purpose,  has 
enlarged  "his  plans  to  a  degree  beyond 
what  God  had  apparently  originally 
intended.  And,  although  God  no  doubt 
*^foreknew"  what  the  result  would  be, 
yet  as  an  example,  a  practical  demon- 
stration of  his  power  to  make  even  the 
most  diabolical  intrigue  work  for  His 
own  eternal  glory,  he  allowed  Satan  to 
interfere,  and  for  a  time  revel  in  appar- 
ent victory,  in  order  to  render  the  more 
effectual  and  crushing  Satan's  ultimate 
defeat. 

We  have  given  an  all-sufficient  reason 
for  the  antediluvial  world  and  for  the 
flood;  and  just  as  God,  by  a  great  con- 
vulsion of  nature,  a  flood  of  water,  blot- 
ted out  the  deformities  and  sins*  and 
the  huge  animals  that  had  served  their 
purpose  and  were  of  no  further  use,  so 
also,  when  the  earth  in  its  present  con- 

*  2  Peter  3:13. 


128  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

dition  shall  have  served  its  purpose,  by 
another  convulsion  of  nature,  by  vol- 
canic fires,  God  will  destroy  it  and  in  its 
place  in.  the  universe  will  be  **a  new 
heaven  and  a  new  earth,  wherein  dwell- 
eth  righteousness."* 

The  fourth  period  of  Satan's  exist- 
ence, from  the  flood  to  the  Christ,  is 
marked  by  his  ability  to  take  full  pos- 
session of  men,  who  were  often  **pos- 
sessed  of  the  devil." 

But  either  God  curtailed  the  deviPs 
power  to  further  interfere  with  animals 
or,  having  reduced  them  to  a  state  of 
savagery  and  antagonism  toward  their 
governor,  man,  Satan  deemed  it  wiser 
to  give  man  his  undivided  attention. 
We  are  inclined  to  accept  the  former 
view,  for,  concerning  Job,  the  devil 
said  to  God,  **Thou  hast  hedged  him 
about;"  and,  not  until  God  gave  him 
permission,    was    Satan   able   to  bringf 

*1  Peter  3:21. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  129 

down    fire    from    heaven    and    destroy 
Job's  sheep  and  servants. 

The  ** legion''  of  devils,  that  pos- 
sessed the  man  in  '*the  country  of  the 
Gadarenes,"  must  needs  obtain  permis- 
sion of  Christ  before  they  could  ** enter 
into  the  swine." 

Concerning  the  fifth  period,  our  pres- 
ent dispensation,  we  do  not  think  there 
is  such  a  radical  curtailing  of  Satan's^ 
power  over  men  or  of  his  retirement  into  . 
the  mists  of  obscurity  as  some  would 
have  us  believe.  Not  having  any  direct 
revelation  from  God  or  inspired  prophet 
to  point  the  finger  of  denunciation  at 
some  **son  of  Belial"  and  say,  '*thou 
art  possessed  of  the  devil,"  we  are  apt 
to  forget  that  **the  devil  as  a  roaring 
lion,  walketh  about  seeking  whom  he 
may  devour."  But  after  the  birth  of 
Christ  Satan  and  his  angels  were  con- 
fined to  our  earth.  Jesus  said^  '*I  saw 
the  devil  as  lightning  fall  from  heaven." 

Since    Christ    '*was   wounded    for  our 
(9) 


130  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

transgressions — was  bruised  for  our  in- 
iquities,'' Satan  may  no  mdre  appear 
before  the  court  of  high  heaven  and, 
accuse  the  sons  and  daughters  of  men.* 

During  the  sixth  period,  which  will 
be  the  time  of  the  millennium,  Satan  will 
be  ** bound"  and  cast  '4nto  prison," 
then  only  the  evil  effects  of  his  former 
false  teachings  will  crop  out  in  an  oc- 
casional **sinner,"  who  Isaiah  says 
•* 'will  be  accursed." 

The  seventh  and  final  period  of 
Satan's  existence  will  be  spent  in  hell, 
after  his  last  and  crowning  act  of  vil- 
lainy and  seditious  rebellion  at  the  end 
of  *Hime"  when,  having  been  loosed 
from  prison,  he  will  ''go  forth  unto  the 
kings  of  the  earth  and  the  whole  world, to 
gather  them  together  to  the  battle  of 
that  great  day  of  God  Almighty."! 

Thus  we  see  that  Satan's  first  and 
last  overt  act  of  sin  was,  and  is,  to  be 

*  Rev.  12:7-11.        t  Rev.  16:14. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  131 

rebellion;  and,  since  disobedience  is  re- 
rebellion,  they  who  refuse  to  comply 
with  God's  plan  of  salvation  are  rebels 
in  the  sight  of  Almighty  God — co- 
workers with  the  **prince  of  Beelzebub/' 


I3i5  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 


THE  JKWS*  EARTHLY  KINGDOM  (yet  to 
come):  "For  the  lyord  will  have  mercy  on  Jacob, 
and  will  yet  choose  Israel,  and  will  set  them  in 
their  own  land.''     Isaiah  14:1. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

In  which  we  tell  of  man's  seven  periods  of 
existence,  discuss  the  Jews'  future  political 
sovereignty,  and  theological  questions  relating 
to  the  Jews,  the  Christians,  and  the  heathen,  and 
define  their  relative  positions  in  God's  future 
heavenly  kingdom. 

While  man's  probationary  period  on 
earth  is  divided  into  seven  periods  of 
time^  of  one  thousand  years  each,  be- 
ginning with  Adam  and  ending  with 
the  ** judgment  day"  at  the  end  of  time, 
man  is  to  occupy  seven  periods  of 
existence  without  regard  to  time,  be- 
ginning with  his  creation  and  extending 
throughout  all  eternity,  in  a  constantly 
increasing  scale  of  power,  mentally  and 
spiritually. 

First, — in  the  garden  of  Eden,  inno- 
cent, weak,  helpless,  unable  to  detect 
the  first  lie  the  devil  tells  him. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  133 

Second, — from  his  expulsion  from  the 
garden  of  Eden  to  the  flood,  a  prey  to 
lust  and  ungovernable  passion,  thus 
learning  wisdom  in  the  severe  school  of 
adversity  and  experience,  without  any 
written  law,  knowing  only  the  tribal 
relation. 

Third, — from  the  flood  to  Mount 
Sinai,  testing  different  forms  of  govern- 
ment, and  becoming  ^^skilled"  in  the 
arts  and  sciences.* 

Fourth, — from  Sinai  to  Christ,  *Vunder 
the  law,"  a  * 'chosen  people"  especially 
prepared  for  the 

Fifth  period,  when  the  advent  of  the 
Christ  and  'Hhe  gift  of  the  Holy  Spirit" 
elevated  man  to  a  high  plane,  giving 
him  ''power  to  become  the  sons  of  God." 

Sixth, — during  the  millennial  period, 
when  the  triumph  of  mind  over  matter 
will  be  so  complete  that  man  will 
attain  to  the  highest  state  possible  w^ith 
mortals  and, 

*  Acts  1\Z'L 


134  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

Seventh, — as  resurrected,  spiritual- 
ized, glorified  beings,  and  as  '* heirs  and 
joint  heirs  with  Jesus  Christ,"  men  will 
be  governors  of  celestial  worlds  and 
angels. 

As  regards  man's  religious  life  there 
are  four  dispensations,  namely:  the 
patriarchal,  the  Jewish,  the  Chiistian 
era  and  the  millennial  period. 

Of  these,  only  two  are  commonly 
spoken  of,  being  distinguished  as  **the 
old  and  the  new  dispensations'' — the 
first,  from  Adam  to  Christ,  and  the  sec- 
ond from  the  resurrection  of  Christ  to 
the  millennium.  These  dispensations 
cover  the  time,  or  times,  of  our  active 
warfare  with  the  devil. 

In  the  latter,  the  one  in  which  we 
live,  man  is  more  specifically  singled 
out  as  an  individual  and  must  therefore 
decide  for  himself  questions  of  right  and 
wrong,  must  determine  what  he  must 
do  in  order  that  he  may  *' live  forever," 
a  child  of  the  Omnipotent  Creator  and 
ruler  of  **all  things." 


And  the  Reason  Why.  135 

In  order  to  read  the  scriptures  intel- 
ligently and  understand  what  is  con- 
tained therein,  it  is  very  important  that 
we  should  remember  not  to  confound 
the  Old  with  the  New  dispensation, 
keeping  in  mind  what  period  of  the 
world's  history  we  are  reading  about, 
who  is  writing,  to  whom  he  is  writing, 
and  what  he  is  writing  about;  in  the 
words  of  the  Apostle — * 'rightly  divide 
the  word  of  truth."  We  must  not  for- 
get that,  except  the  promise  of  the  Mes- 
siah, up  to  the  time  of  the  flood,  the  Old 
Testament  is  but  a  history  of  creation 
and  the  fall  of  man;  and  then,  except  the 
prophecies,  it  is  only  the  history  of  one 
family,  the  Jews,  up  to  the  advent  of 
the  Christ;  therefore,  except  so  far  as 
the  prophecies  contained  therein  refer 
to  the  Messiah,  nothing  written  in  the 
Old  Testament  has  anything  whatever 
to  do  with  jK^//r  salvation  or  mine;  nor 
do  the  prophecies  only  so  far  as  they 
point  forward  to  and  introduce  the  Christ. 


136  The  Devirs  Rebellion, 

Jesus  said,  '*I  will  build  my  church;'' 
which  church  is  *Hhe  kingdom  of  God'' 
on  earth  for  the  Christian  of  this  dis- 
pensation, though,  in  modified  form,  no 
doubt  this  church  or  '^kingdom,"  will 
continue  through  the  millennial  period; 
this  kingdom,  being  set  up,  organized 
and  established,  at  the  time  when  the 
new  testament  was  being  written,  its 
laws  and  conditions  are  necessarily  con- 
tained in  the  new  testament. 

The  prophetic  index  finger  of  the  old 
testament  points  forward  to  the  **re- 
deemer;"  the  new  testament  points  the 
way  to  heaven  through  that  ^ ^redeemer's 
name." 

All  the  old  patriarchs  and  prophets 
were  *^men  subject  to  like  passions  as 
we  are;"*  therefore  you  can  remain  in 
hell  without  any  effort  if  you  will  per- 
sist in  looking  at  them  and  their  faults, 
instead  of  following  the  Christ. 

Ts  it  reasonable,  is  it  just,  to  banish 

♦James  5:17. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  137 

and  forget  an  old,  a  true  and  tried 
friend,  whose  loyalty  to  you  and  to 
your  best  interests  has  repeatedly  been 
proven,  because,  in  the  discussion  of 
foreign  peoples  and  countries,  of  events 
which  happened  long  before  you  opened 
your  eyes  and  mind  to  behold  the  little 
world  within  your  circumscribed  mortal 
vision,  he  tells  of  things  beyond  your 
•  comprehension?  Then  why  discredit 
or  discard  the  Bible  because,  as  history, 
there  are  things  written  in  it  you  do  not 
understand;  or,  because  you  find  in  the 
Jewish  political  law  that  which  does  not 
harmonize  with  your  idea  of  justice? 
If  these  things  grate  on  your  sensitive 
nerves,  then  why  not  be  consistent, 
abandon  Christian  civilization;  go  and 
live  among  the  Hottentots,  or  the  Aus- 
tralian Bushmen  who  have  no  God,  and 
so  run  the  gauntlet  of  killing  and  eating 
your  neighboring  tribesman  before  he  has 
the  chance  to  kill  and  eat  you,  or  steal 
your  wife  and  babies  in  your  absence? 


138  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

Where  did  you  get  your  highly  sensi- 
tive and  refined  ideas  of  equity  and  jus- 
tice, if  not  from  Christ's  new  testament 
law  of  love;  in  the  which,  when  Jesus 
was  reminded  of  the  laxness  of  the  Mo- 
saical  law,  he  replied  **because  of  the 
hardness  of  you  hearts  Moses  suffered 
you"  to  do  these  things.*  The  '^stranger 
within  thy  gates"  was  there  more  often 
as  a  spy  or  to  poison  the  Jewish  mind- 
with  false  ideas  of  some  diety,t  than  for 
any  good  he  might  do  God's  chosen 
people;  and  so  he  was  not  entitled  to 
much  consideration  or  respect,  especially 
under  a  dispensation  of  ''an  eye  for  an 
eye  and  a  tooth  for  a  tooth. "J  And  this 
law  of  retaliation  was  made  necessary 
because  of  the  habitual  dishonesty  of 
their  heathen,  idolatrous  neighbors, 
whose  ideas  of  justice  were  crude  be- 
yond the  conception  of  our  Christ-taught 
minds.  These  evil  influences  often 
gained  such  headway  among  the  Israel- 

*Mat.  19:8,       fKze.  14:7-8.     Jl^evit.  24:20-22 


And  the  Reason  Why.  139 

ites  that  idolatrous  worship  was  set  up  on 
many  **hills''  and  in  '^pleasant  groves," 
and  God  found  it  necessary  to  bring 
them  to  a  realization  of  their  folly  by  a 
visitation  of  some  great  national  calam- 
ity. **  Self-preservation  is  the  first  law 
of  nature;"  therefore  any  course  that 
would  weed  out  and  eradicate  these  per- 
nicious teachings  and  practices  from 
among  the  Jews  was  justifiable,  because 
of  their  environment,  under  that  dispen- 
sation, through  which  God  was  training 
and  preparing  them  for  better  things. 

Keep  this  idea  fixed  in  your  mind: — 
man's  probationary  existence  on  earth 
has  always  been,  is  now,  and  willbe 
until  the  end  of  time,  a  training-school 
in  which  we  may  prepare  for  an  eternal 
life  beyond  the  grave. 

''Search  the  scriptures,"  not  as  an 
able  jurist  would  search  a  legal  docu- 
ment, drawn  by  his  adversary,  or  as  an 
austere  professor  examining  an  essay 
written  by  one  of  his  wayward  pupils; 


140  The  Devirs  Rebellion, 

it  is  the  devil  that  breeds  this  spirit  of 
antagonism  in  you  heart.  Read  the 
Bible  as  you  would  the  will  of  a  loving 
Father  who  has  imposed  only  such  con- 
ditions as  are  necessary  to  prevent  the 
devil  and  his  agents  from  robbing  you 
of  your  inheritance;  an  inheritance  of 
more  inestimable  value  than  the  crown 
that  rests  on  the  brow  of  any  monarch, 
ancient  or  modern,  that  ever  has  or  ever 
will  wield  a  scepter  on  our  earth. 

Just  here  we  wish  to  emphasize  the 
fact  that  the  full-fledged,  consistent, 
devil-hating,  God-loving  Christian  of 
the  present  dispensation,  in  the  econo- 
my of  God's  future  kingdom  in  heaven, 
according  to  Jewish  interpretation,  is  to 
be  a  priest.  The  priests  under  Jewish 
political  law  were  their  rulers,  hence, 
the  significance  of  the  title  when  ap- 
plied to  Christians  in  John,  the  revelat- 
or's  letter  to  the  churches;  the  Chris- 
tian is  to  be  a  king,*  hence  a  governor 

*Rev.  1:6  and  20:6. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  l^l 

of  celestial  worlds  and  subjects.*  It  is 
a  significant  fact  that  to  no  one  else^ 
under  either  the  patriarchal  or  the  Jew- 
ish dispensations  (and  I  will  also  in- 
clude those  that  come  after  the  Christian 
era,  and  that  will  inhabit  the  earth  dur- 
ing the  millennial  period),  is  a  promise 
of  a  crown  and  ruling  power  given,  ex- 
cept that  Christ  said  to  his  Apostles, 
**Ye  shall  sit  upon  twelve  thrones  judg- 
ing the  twelve  tribes  of  Israel." 

Now  since  the  Christian  is  to  be  a 
ruler^  it  necessarily  follows  that  there 
must  be  subjects  to  rule:  who  are  these 
subjects,  whence  will  they  come?  While 
Paul  has  said,  '*Know  ye  not  that  we 
shall  judge  angels ;t''  it  does  not  ap- 
pear reasonable  that  God  will  divide 
up  the  already  existing  angels  and 
give  to  each  Christian  a  sufficient  num- 
ber to  constitute  the  entire  working 
force  of  a  celestial  kingdom.  This  will 
not    be    necessary,    nor    do    we    think 

*  Heb.  1:14.       fRev.  :^:21. 


142  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

the  solution  of   this   problem    difficult. 

Keep  in  mind  that  only  Christians  of 
the  present  dispensation,  **who  turn 
many  to  righeousness,"*  and  the  twelve 
apostles  are  to  be  crowned  kings.  So, 
for  subjects,  we  have: 

First, — the  righteous  patriarchs; 

Second, — the  righteous  Jews; 

Third, — uncrowned  Christians,  and 

Fourth, — the  righteous  Gentiles. 
These  Gentiles,  who,  not  having  had 
the  opportunity,  know  not  God  and 
his  Christ,  but,  some  of  them  according 
to  there  light,  have  * 'fulfilled  the  law  of 
kindness,"  ''their  thoughts  (conscience) 
accusing  or  else  excusing  one  another;"  t 
these  will  not  be  judged  by  the  Mosaic 
law  nor  yet  by  the  law  of  the  new  testa- 
ment because  "where  no  law  is  there  is 
no  transgression"  and,  without  trans- 
gression there  can  be  no  condemnation, 
therefore  no  punishment.  All  these 
will  outnumber,  in  proportion,  perhaps 

*Dan.  12:3.        fRom.  2;15. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  143 

millions  to  one,  the  Christians  who  will 
**receive  a  reward,*'*  who  by  their  work, 
rightly  done,  will  merit  a  crown. 

As  numerous  as  these  are,  however, 
there  will  be  a  far  greater  number  that 
live  on  the  earth  during  the  millennial 
thousand-year  period,  because,  accord- 
ing to  Isaiah,  **there  shall  be  no  more 
thence  an  infant  of  days,  nor  an  old 
man  that  hath  not'  filled  his  days:  for 
the  child  shall  die  an  hundred  years  old; 
but  the  sinner  being  an  hundred  years 
old  shall  be  accursed."!  It  is  evident, 
therefore,  that  Jesus  Christ  will  not  be 
king  in  bodily  person  on  earth  during 
the  millennium,  else  there  would  be  no 
room  for  sin  and  death. 

Christ  will  indeed  come  at  the  begin- 
ning of  the  millennium, — will  resur- 
rect, reimbody  and  establish  the  twelve 
apostles  upon  their  thrones  on  earth, 
and  ** shall  gather  together  his  elect," 
— those   that  are   to   wear   crowns  and 

*1  Cor.  3:14.       flsa.  65:20^ 


^44  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

help  govern  the  celestial  worlds.  These 
latter  are  to  be  with  Jesus  Christ  in  the 
heavens,  and,  being  assigned  their  po- 
sitions,* will  have  a  thousand  years 
training  before  the  great  judgment  day, 
the  final  resurrection,  when  they,  the 
crowned  Christians,  will  be  given  the 
subjects  for  their  kingdoms.  This 
**second  coming"  of  Christ  is  the  time 
of  the  * 'first  resurrection"  spoken  of  by 
St.  John  in  Rev.  (20:4,5):  **And  I 
saw  thrones,  and  they  sat  upon  them, 
and  judgment  was  given  unto  them: — 
and  they  lived  and  reigned  with  Christ 
a  thousand  years.  But  the  rest  of  the 
dead  live:  not  again  until  the  thousand 
years  were  finished.  This  is  the  first 
resurrection."  Speaking  on  this  sub- 
ject Job  (14:12)  says,  *'So  man  lieth 
down,  and  raiseth  not:  till  the  heavens 
be  no  more,  they  shall  not  wake,  nor  be 
raised  out  of  their  sleep."  We  cite 
this  quotation  here  to  show  the  neces- 
*  Rev.  20:4. 


And  the  Reason  Why. 


145 


sity  of  adhering  to  the  rule  that  we 
have  laid  down,  that  we  must  ^^rightly 
divide  the  word  of  truth.'' 

Job  wrote  hundreds  of  years  before 
Christ, — wrote  of  those  who  lived  under 
the  patriarchal  dispensation,  knowing 
nothing  of  the  superior  advantages  that 
were  to  come  for  the  Christian  of  this 
dispensation.  Concerning  the  Jews, 
Paul  says: — ** David  is  not  ascended  into 
the  heavens.". 

How  ridiculous  and  absurd  it  seems  to 
us  now  that  at  one  time  the  devil  so 
befuddled  the  minds  of  good-intentioned 
Christains,  that  they  divided  the  church 
over  the  question  of  **soul  sleeping;"  as 
if  this  has  anything  whatever  to  do  with 
our  salvation.  Unreasonable  as  it  was, 
however,  it  was  not  any  more  so  than 
they  of  the  millennial  period  will  con- 
sider us  of  today  because  of  our  denomina- 
tional  differences  regarding  the  plan  of 
salvation. 

There   is,    positively,    no  doubt  that, 
(10) 


146         '   The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

during  the  millennium,  the  Christain, 
** whose  work  has  not  been  burned,'^  with 
the  angels  for  servants,*  will  **reign  with 
Christ  in  heaven,"  who,  with  the  help 
of  these  Christians,  will  prepare  the 
^^books"  for  the  final  judgment.! 

On  earth  a  kingdom  will  be  established 
whose  chief  rulers  will  be  '*of  the  root 
of  David,''  the  Jews,  whom  God  has, 
for  a  time,  rejected. — '*That  blindness  in 
part  is  happened  to  IsraeU  until  the  full- 
ness of  the  Gentiles  be  come  in.''  Did 
not  the  lyord  say  through  Isaiah's  pro- 
phecy, **In  a  little  wrath  I  hide  my  face 
from  thee  for  a  moment."  As  a  ^*wife  of 
youth,"  Israel  has  been  '* refused."  But 
the  time  will  shortly  come  (the  millen- 
nium) when  the  Lord  will  say  to 
Israel, — **thou  shalt  not  remember  the 
reproach  of  thy  widowhood  any  more. 
.     .     I  will  lay  thy  stones  with  fair 

*1  Cor.  6:3, — ''Know  ye  not  that  we  shall  judge 
angels." 

fl  Cor.    6;2,3,— "The     saints    shall    judge  the 
world." 

tRom.  11:25. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  147 

colours,  and  lay  thy  foundation  with 
sapphires.  And  I  will  make  thy  win- 
dows of  agates  (glass)  and  thy  gates  of 
carbuncles,  and  all  thy  borders  of  pleas- 
ant stones.  And  all  thy  children  shall 
be  taught  of  the  Lord;  and  great  shall  be 
the  peace  of  thy  children.  In  righteous- 
ness shalt  thou  be  established."* 

The  form  of  government  then  will  not 
be  an  hereditary  monarchy,  neither  will 
it  be  a  republic  as  republics  are  now. 
A  hereditary  kingdom  is  not  desirable 
because  the  son  may  not  possess  the 
governing  powers  of  his  sire,  and  an 
election  of  new  men  to  fill  responsible 
positions  at  frequent  intervals,  is  cer- 
tainly contrary  to  all  reason  and,  as  we 
Americans  have  learned  to  our  cost,  is 
too  often  productive  of  disastrous  results 
to  reform  movements,  to  say  nothing  of 
the  cost,  loss  of  time,  and  bitter  disap- 
pointments which  engender  strife  and 
hatred.     Except  their  kings,  the  elec- 

♦Isaiah  54:4-17. 


148  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

tion  of  officers  will  be  for  a  life  tenure, 
with  power  of  recall  for  maladministra- 
tion, for  any  cause,  and  the  initiative  and 
referendum  will  undoubtedly  be  the  rule 
for  all  governments  during  the  millen- 
nial period  when,  according  to  Isaiah, 
^//  men  will  live  to  an  advanced  age* 
and  wisdom  will  have  time  to  ctown  the 
brow  of  every  mortal,  t 

If  I  was  asked  what  is  the  greatest 
miracle  God  ever  wrought  among  men, 
I  should  unhesitatingly  answer,  the  pres- 
ervation of  the  Jews  as  a  distinct  and 
separate  people;  a  miracle  begun  nearly 
four  thousand  years  ago, continuing,  and 
yet  to  continue  throughout  all  eternity. 
A  miracle  that  deals  with  frail  humanity  J 
that  runs  counter  to  every  law  of  rea- 
son, every  natural  inclination,  and  yet 
scarcely  one  in  a  million  violates  this  un- 
written law;  and  so  shall  the  words  of  pro- 
phecy be  fulfilled  in  the  **seed  of  Abra- 
ham."    '*For  as  the  new  heavens  and 

♦Isaiah  65:20.       flsaiah. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  149 

the  new  earth,  which  I  will  make,  shall 
remain  before  me,  saith  the  Lord,  so 
shall  your  seed  and  your  name  remain." 
When  speaking  of  his  ^*second  coming' > 
and  of  the  **end  of  the  world,''  Jesus 
said,  **This  generation  (the  Jews)  shall 
not  pass,  till  all  these  things  be  ful- 
filled." 

Scattered  as  he  is  among  all  nations 
he  is  a  Jew  still,  not  because  he  is  inhu- 
man and  cannot  mix  with  other  peoples, 
but  because  God  says  he  shall  not; 
hence,  the  proof  of  the  truthfulness 
of  God's  word.*  Hosea  (9:17)  says: — 
^*God  will  cast  them  away  because  they 
did  not  harkenunto  him:  and  they  shall 
be  wanderers  among  the  nations."  Eze- 
kiel  (20:41)  says:  *^I  will  accept  you 
with  your  sweet  savour,  when  I  bring 
you  out  from  the  people,  and  gather  you 
out  of  the  countries  wherein  you  have 
been  scattered;  and  I  will  be  sanctified 
in  you  before  the  heathen." 

♦Mark  13;30. 


150 


The  Devil's  Rebellion, 


Surely  no  one  will  deny  that  these 
prophets  were  writing  of  the  Jews  in  the 
present  dispensation,  and  at  Christ's 
second  coming,  which  times  by  inspira- 
tion, they  could  look  down  through  the 
ages  and  see  as  clearly  as  they  could 
predict  the  rising  of  the  morning  sun. 

With  the  devil  and  his  evil  influences 
removed,  and  with  all  the  nations  of 
earth  ruled  over  by  supernatural  Kings, 
the  peace  of  earth,  during  the  millennial 
period,  will  be  similar  to  that  in  the 
garden  of  Eden. 

In  Isaiah  (31:7)  silver  and  gold  are 
called  idols,  and  we  are  told  that  every 
man  will  '^cast  them  away;"  so  that 
Bellamy's  idea  that  metal  money  will  be. 
discarded,  during  the  millennium,  will 
probably  be  realized.* 

The  use  of  metal  money  shows  dis- 
trust and  the  lack  of  confidence.  These 
are  children  of  the  devil.  Common 
sense  and  reason  at  least  teach  the  per- 
nicious uselessness  of  spending  millions 
of  dollars  and  tens  of  thousands  of  prec- 

*Isaiah  55;1. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  151 

ious  lives  digging  for  metal  to  be  coined 
into  bulky  and  inconvenient  slugs  only 
to  be  worn  out  in  our  pockets.  Rest  as- 
sured this  useless  waste  will  not  be  per- 
mitted during  that  peaceful,  devil-free, 
millennial  period. 

We  have  said  that  the  twelve  Apos- 
tles are  to  be  the  kings  or  governors  of 
earth,  during  the  millennium. 

In  Matthew  (19:27)  we  read:  '*Then 
answered  Peter  and  said  unto  him,  Be- 
hold, we  have  forsaken  all  and  followed 
thee;  what  shall  we  have  therefore?  And 
Jesus  said  unto  them,  verily  I  say  unto 
you,  That  ye  which  have  followed  me, 
in  the  regeneration  when  the  Son  of  man 
shall  sit  in  the  throne  of  his  glory,  ye 
also  shall  sit  upon  twelve  thrones,  judg- 
ing the  twelve  tribes  of  Israel.'' 

Lives  there  a  true  Christian  who 
doubts  that  this  prophecy  will  be  ful- 
filled? And  lives  there  an  orthodox  Jew 
who  does  not  continually  pray  for  and 
look   forward    to  the  time   when  there 


152  The  DeviFs  Rebellion, 

will  be  established  a  temporal  Jewish 
kingdom?  But  when  and  where  are 
these  '^kingdoms''  to  be? 

Evidently  referring  to  the  establish- 
ment of  these  kingdoms,  Isaiah  says: 
'Then  shall  a  nation  be  born  at  once.'* 

The  present  prevailing  animosity  to- 
wards the  Jews,  and  the  contempt  for 
them,  as  a  class,  felt  by  a  great  majority 
of  the  people  of  every  nation,  make 
Jewish  domination  utterly  impossible, 
under  the  present  dispensation. 

The  Jews  are  accumulating  vast 
hoards  of  the  world^s  wealth,  thus  forc- 
ing recognition  of  their  business  sagac- 
ity and  thereby  gaining  for  themselves 
positions  of  power  and  influence;  but, 
though  our  very  natures  are,  in  a  meas- 
ure, to  be  changed  at  the  beginning  of 
the  millennial  period,  the  inherent  ha- 
tred of  the  **sons  of  Abraham''  will  not 
be  eradicated  to  such  an  extent  that 
it  will  be  possible  for  all  nations  to 
agree  simultaneously  to  select  Jewish* 

♦Isaiah  14:2 


And  the  Reason  Why.  153 

kings  to  rule  over  them,  unless  those 
kings  be  something  more  than  ordinary 
mortals.* 

Remembering  Christ's  promise,  after 
He  arose  from  the  dead,  his  apostles  ex- 
pected the  immediate  restoration  of 
Jewish  sovereignty:  '^Whenthey  there- 
fore were  come  together, they  asked  him, 
saying.  Lord,  wilt  thou  at  this  time,  re- 
store again  the  kingdom  to  Israel?  And 
he  said  unto  them.  It  is  not  for  you  to 
know  the  times  or  the  seasons, which  the 
Father  hath  put  in  his  own  power." 
Thus  in  his  reply  does  Christ  reiterate 
his  promise  (implied),  but  immediately 
turns  their  attention  to  the  more  impor- 
tant matter  of  his  universal,  universe- 
wide,  spiritttal  ^^kingdom." 

Here  then  we  have  the  strongest  pos- 
sible proof  that  Christ's  prophecy  will 
be  literally  fulfilled, — that  the  twelve 
apostles,  resurrected  and  reimbodied — 
composed    of  * 'flesh  and  bones"    as  was 

*At  the  first  resurrection  aU  the  thrones  of 
earth  will  be  left  vacant,     Isaiah  14:9,  10. 


154  The   Devil's  Rebellion, 

Christ*  after  his  resurrection, — will  be 
crowned  kings  of  all  the  nations  of  earth 
and  so  will  '*rule  the  world  in  righteous- 
ness'' continually  for  a  thousand  years. 

Thus  it  will  be  that  without  blood- 
shed, by  unanimous  consent  the  Jews 
will  again  come  into  power — will  be 
* 'gathered  together  out  of  all  nations;'' 
not  all  to  one  particular  place  (tho  at 
Jerusalem  a  great  central,  conference 
city  will  undoubtedly  be  built),  but  to 
the  capital  cities  of  earth,  where  they 
will  hold  the  principal  places  of  power 
and  trust.  Not  alone  because  the 
nations  of  earth  will  recognize  their  right 
to  rule,  will  the  Jews  be  given  this 
power;  but  when,  according  to  Christ's 
prophecy,  all  the  Christians  shall  have 
been  'Haken"  away,t  the  Jews  will  have 
not  only  the  preponderance  of  wealth  but 
also  of  intelligence.  Therefore,  if  not 
numerically  in  the  majority,  they  will, 
aside  from  their  supernatural  rulers,  be 
the    most    competent,  and  so  will  take 

*Ivuke  24:39.       fMath.  24:40,  also  Rev.  20:4-6. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  155 

over  the  ruling  powers  of  earth, — ^^will 
become  in  very  fact  the  universal  king- 
dom that  their  forefathers  thought  to 
establish,  with  Christ  as  king,  nearly  two 
thousand  years  ago.''* 

Because  they  rejected  Christ  as  the 
Messiah  upon  his  first  advent  the  time  of 
the  establishment  of  Jewish  sovereignty 
has  been  deferred  for  two  thousand  years; 
but,  according  to  prophecy,  and  in  the 
time  *' which  the  Father  hath  put  in  his 
own  power,"  (until  the  times  of  the 
Gentiles  be  fulfilled )t  it  will  be  ushered 
in.  Then  the  Gentiles,  who  have  also 
rejected  Christ,  will  remember  how  the 
Jews'  patience  was  rewarded,  their 
prayers  answered,  and,  though  upheld 
by  no  divine  promises  they  will,  for  a 
thousand  years,  live  in  expectation  of  a 
deliverer  who  will  re-establish  Gentile 
authority  throughout  the  world.  Thus 
will  Satan  find  willing  dupes  and  will  be 
able  to  marshal  an  innumerable  host  to 

*John  6:15,  also  Matt.  20.27.     flvuke  21:24. 


156  The   Devil's  Rebellion, 

fight  against  '^God's  elect'*  **when  the 
thousand  years  are  expired,'*  and  Satan 
is  * 'loosed  out  of  his  prison  and  shall  go 
out  to  deceive  the  nations." 

As  further  proof  of  our  statements  re- 
garding Jewish  temporal  kingdoms,  to  be 
ruled  over  by  the  apostles,  we  cite  the 
fact  that,  except  Paul,  the  apostles  were 
;/^/ '^baptized  into  Christ,"  that  is,  into 
his  'Meath,  burial  and  resurrection."* 
Therefore  they  do  not  properly  belong  to 
this  dispensation,  but  were  Jews,*'*  made 
under  the  law;"  and  as  Christ,  the  ''au- 
thor and  finisher  of  our  faith,"  is  the 
spiritual  head  of  all  Christians  of  all  "na- 
tions, tongues  and  peoples,"  so  the 
apostles,  who  were  Jews,  having  been 
especially  chosen  and  taught  by  the 
Christ  and  appointed  as  his  embassadors, 
are  the  legitimate  heads  of  their  Jewish 
brethren  and  are  worthy  to  become  their 
supernatural  (therefore  deathless)  kings 
over  their  temporal  kingdoms. 

*Rom.  1. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  157 

Because  of  theii  not  having  been'  'made 
heirs  and  joint  heirs  with  Christ,''  un- 
der the  new  dispensation,  so  that  as  such 
they  would  be  entitled  to  ''have  part  in 
the  first  resurrection,"*  these  apostles, 
by  a  special  providence  of  God,  accord- 
ing to  Christ's  promise, t  are  neverthe- 
less to  be  resurrected,  reimbodied  and 
honored  with  a  temporal  kingship  of  a 
thousand  years'  duration. 

Paul ,  who  himself  says  he  was  born  out 
of  due  season  (italics  mine)  was  "called 
by  Jesus  Christ"  after  He  arose  from  the 
dead,  and  was  therefore  the  only  apostle 
who  was  "baptized  into  the  death"  of 
Christ; — was,  by  Christ,  especially  pre- 
pared and  sent  an  embassador  extraor- 
dinary; "an  apostle  to  the  Gentiles." 
Therefore  Paul  belongs  to  the  new  dis- 
pensation and  also  specifically  belongs 
to,  and  must  be  classed  with,  the  Gen- 
tile Christians,  with  whom  he  will  be 
resurrected  and  glorified  at  Christ's'^'sec- 

*Rev.  20:6.       fMat.  20:27. 


158 


The  Devil's  Rebellion, 


ond  coming/'  '^caught  up  to  meet  him 
in  the  air"  **and  so  shall  we  ever  be  with 
the  Lord,''  as  he  says. 

Matthias,  a  Jew,  undoubtedly  con- 
verted before  Christ  was  crucified,  and 
regularly  chosen  by  the  **eleven"  apos- 
tles *  Hhat  he  might  take  part  of  the  min- 
istry and  apostleship,  from  which  Judas 
by  transgression  fell,"  is  certainly  one 
of  the  twelve  to  be  included  in  Christ's 
prophetic  promise. 

Although  the  Gentile  world  is  in- 
clined to  look  upon  the  idea  of  a  future, 
temporal  Jewish  kingdom  as  visionary, 
there  are  prophecies  that  cannot  be  ful- 
filled in  any  other  way;  and  the  prayers 
of  millions  of  devout  Jews  of  all  ages  will 
certainly  be  answered.  For  this  cause, the 
Jews  have  been  miraculously  preserved  as 
a  '^separate  people;"  and  they  have  been 
^^scattered  among  all  nations"  in  order 
that  they  might  learn  the  peculiar  char- 
acteristics and  languages  of  all  the  peo- 
ples of  the  earth,  so  that  when  the  time 


^<'      Of   THE  A 

OF  J 

And  the  Reason  Why.  159 

comes  they  will  be  fully  prepared  to  take 
the  reins  of  government  and  **rule  over 
their  oppressors."* 

Then  **the  sucking  child  shall  play 
on  the  hole  of  the  asp,  and  the  weaned 
child  shall  put  his  hand  oh  the  cocka- 
trice' den,t  and  all  will  live  to  be  an 
hundred  years  old. "J  Then  will  *Hhe 
wolf  and  the  lamb  feed  together,  and  the 
lion  shall  eat  straw  like  the  bullock,  and 
dust  shall  be  the  serpent's  meat.  They 
shall  not  hurt  nor  destroy  in  all  my  holy 
mountain,  saith  the  lyord." 

The  14th  chapter  of  Isaiah  establishes 
the  time  for  the  beginnine  of  the  Jewish 
temporal  kingdom  at  the  beginning  of 
the  millennial  period, — the  **first  resur- 
rection," when  Satan  is  to  be  * 'bound" 
and  ''cast"  into  the  "bottomless  pit"  to 
remain  for  a  thousand  years.  § 

After  "time  shall  be  no  longer"  the 
apostles,  like  Enoch  and  Elijah,  will  be 

♦Isaiah  14:2.      flsa.  11:18.       Jlsa.  65:20. 
§Rev.  20:1:8. 


160  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

'* translated''  or  removed  to  other  worlds 
where  they  and  the  righteous  Jews  of  all 
ages  will  dwell,  a  distinct  and  *  ^separate 
people''  throughout  all  eternity:  **For 
as  the  new  heavens  and  the  new  earth, 
which  I  shall  make,  shall  remain  before 
me,  saith  the  Lord,  so  shall  your  seed 
and  your  name  remain."  * 

Through  the  first  three  dispensationsf 
manVs  governments  have  proven  failures. 
From  the  ancient  absolute  monarchies, 
where  might  made  right,  down  to  the 
comparatively  free  republics  of  our  mod- 
ern Christian  civilization,  where  the  god 
of  gold  is  worshipped  as  never  before,  that 
blighting,  pernicious  word,  failure,  has 
always  been  interminably  woven  into  the 
political  fabric  of  all  governments.  And 
so  even  then,  though  their  kings  be  the 
apostles,  possessing  supernatural  powers; 
and  their  forms  of  government  as  perfect 
as  it  will  be  possible  for  these  superior, 

♦Isaiah  66:22. 

tThe  Patriarchal,  the  Jewish  and  the  Christian. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  161 

sinless  rulers  to  make  them,  with  human 
beings  for  subjects,  because  of  the  arro- 
gant attitute  and  the  impenetrable  wall 
of  social  distinction  maintained  by  their 
Jewish  rulers  and  neighbors,  the  smol- 
dering spark  of  dissatisfaction  will  be 
kept  alive  in  the  human  hearts  of  their 
Gentile  subjects,  so  that  when  Satan  is 
*  loosed  for  a  little  season''  he  will  find 
them  ripe  for  rebellion.  And  God  will 
allow  Satan  to  deceive  them  in  order  to 
give  man  this  last  demonstration  that 
without  the  personal  and  direct  super- 
vision of  Almighty  God,  <2// governments 
are  failures.  In  this  instance,  however, 
as  in  the  case  of  all  the  other  sins  man 
ever  has  committed  or  ever  will  commit, 
it  has  been  and  will  be  by  the  power  of 
free  will  that  they  accept  the  overtures 
of  Satan. 

All   the   righteous  inhabitants  of  the 
earth    who    live    during    that    peaceful 
period,  in  God's    everlasting    kingdom 
(11) 


162  The   Devirs  Rebellion, 

after  time  shall  cease  to  be,  will  be  sub- 
jects or  servants  to  do  the  will  of  our 
God,  of  Christ  and  his*  apostles,  and  of 
the  redeemed,  crowned  Christians,  who 
live  during  the  present  dispensation.* 

Although  nearly  all  who  live  during 
the  millennium  will  be  Christians,  (for 
Jeremiah  says  'Hhey  shall  all  know  the 
Lord  from  the  least  to  the  greatest,'' )t. 
they  cannot  be  given  positions  of  re- 
sponsibility in  God's  future  heavenly 
kingdom  because  of  their  weakness. 
There  is  a  specific,  definite  promise 
given  to  Christians  of  this  dispensation 
concerning  these  particular  peoples,  that 
they  (the  Christians)  shall  be  given 
'* power  over  them."$ 

The  resisting  force  (the  devil),  to  be 
overcome  in  the  strengthening  process 
of  man  is  to  be  removed  at  the  beginning 
of  the  millennium.  He  willbe^'chained" 
— cast  into  the  bottomless  pit  (the  hollow 
space  in  the  center  of  the  earth), where 

*Rev.  1:6.         fjer.  31:34.         JRev.  2:26. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  163 

the  angels  who  are  '^bound  in  darkness'' 
undoubtedly  are,  ^*and  a  seal  set  upon 
him,  that  he  shall  deceive  the  nations  no 
more,  till  the  thousand  years  be  ful- 
filled."* We  are  told  that  at  the  end  of 
that  time  the  number  of  inhabitants  will 
be  **as  the  sands  of  the  sea.''  Here  then 
God  has  provided  millions,  yes,  billions 
upon  billions  of  subjects  with  which  to 
people  the  myriads  of  worlds,  over  which 
you  and  I,  if  we  be  found  worthy,  may, 
with  Christ,  under  God,  rule  throughout 
the  eternal  ages.f 

Here  the  question  will  naturally  arise, 
why  did  God  bind  and  imprison  cer- 
tain angels  while  others,  with  the  devil, 
the  instigator  of  all  evil,  were  allowed 
their  liberty?  In  this  we  can  see  a  two- 
fold  purpose. 

First, — some  angels  were  **bound"  as 
an  example  to  his  remaining  subjects — 
a  check  upon  any  future  rebellious  ten- 
dencies. We  can  reasonably  suppose 
*Rev.  20:1-3.       fMatt.  25:34^ 


164  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

these  were^ ^strong  angels, ' ' *  ^  ^governing 
princes''  who  vohmteered  to  help  Satan, 
for  we  are  told  they  ^*kept  not  their  first 
estate"  (they  were  possessed  of  an  es- 
tate) which  they  abandoned  at  the  time 
of  their  fall:  thus  were  left  only  such 
angels  or  evil  spirits  as  were  under  Sa- 
tan's immediate  control,  so  that,  though 
they  be  vile  enough  to  commit  any 
depredation,  none  are  able  to  cope  with 
the  devil;  therefore,  even  in  Satan's 
army,  all  work  in  harmony, — * 'devils  are 
not  cast  out  by  the  prince  of  devils,  "t 

Second, — ^'powersof  darkness,"  with 
a  leader  whose  authority  is  absolute,  is 
a  necessity  in  the  working  out  of  God's 
plan. 

The  suggestion  of  evil  had  been  in- 
troduced by  the  devil.  Suggestion,  as 
yet  but  little  known,  is  a  powerful  fac- 
tor for  the  accomplishment,  of  good  or 
evil.  From  suggestion  comes  hypno- 
tism with  its  seemingly  miraculous  re- 
*Rev.  5:2.     fMatt.  9:24,  12:24-25. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  165 

suits.  During  the  millennium,  through 
suggestion  (now  in  its  embryo-experi- 
mental stage)  mind  will  be  the  greatest 
factor  in  restoring  and  retaining  health, 
either  mental  or  physical,  and  may  be 
used  to  lift  heavy  obstacles.  Sugges- 
tion, and  what  legitimately  flows  from 
it,  is  positively  a// there  is  to  ^'Christian 
Science.'* 

Sin,  having  once  entered  by  the  deviPs 
rebellion,  was,  by  suggestion,  liable  to 
become  infectious  among  the  celestial 
beings,  for  we  must  conclude  that  God's 
remaining  loyal  angels  have  equal  power 
of  free  will  with  those  who  fell.  Therefore 
the^*binding"  and  imprisonment  of  those 
angels  who  volunteered  to  join  the  devil 
in  his  rebellious  scheme,  was  a  necessity 
as  a  restraining  influence,  an  example  of 
God's  almighty  power,  a  warning  to  the 
other  angels  as  to  what  might  be  ex- 
pected in  case  of  another  insurrection. 

On  the  other liand,  without  thedeviPs 
opposing  force,  man  would  have  attained 


166  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

to  but  little  greater  degree  of  strength 
than  have  the  angels  who  know  not  the 
hurt  of  sin  nor  the  sting  of  death.  And 
again,  to  even  the  score,  in  their  future 
lost  state  the  ''bound  angels'  "  punish- 
ment will  be  but  a  passive  endurance, 
while,  because  of  their  present  attitude 
toward  God  and  their  instrumentality  in 
dragging  souls  down  to  hell,  Satan  and 
his  imps  will  be  subjects  for  the  vitupera- 
tion and  bitter  denunciation  of  all  the 
damned  souls  throughout  eternity.* 

Let  us  remember  that  God's  ''justice 
and  mercy  endureth  forever;''  and  '*let 
God  be  true,  though  every  man  (and  es- 
pecially the  devil)  a  liar. "t  If  there 
are  things  in  God's  word  that  appear  to 
you  to  be  mysterious,  unintelligible,  or 
unreasonable,  do  not,  for  one  moment, 
think  there  is  anything  wrong  with  the 
Book;  know  of  a  surety  that  the  trouble 
is  with  yourself;  that  it  is  because  of 
your  smallness,  your  inability  to  grasp 

♦Isaiah  14:9:20.      tRom.  3:4.      See  page  207. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  167 

or  understand  God's  almighty  power  and 
eternal  purpose.  Job  says,  **Who  by 
searching  can  find  out  God ? ' '  *  As  finite 
mortals,  we  may  not,  cannot  understand, 
or  grasp  even  this  idea — that  God  had 
no  beginning,  and  that  **there  shall  be 
no  end.''t  With  us,  all  things  have  a 
beginning  and  an  end;  therefore  we  are 
cast  in  that  groove  of  thought,  beyond 
and  above  which  we  may  not  rise  until 
'*death  hath  taught  us  more  than  the 
melancholy  world  doth  know.''  When 
we  shall  have  been  raised,  and  crowned 
heirs  of  eternal  life,  reimbodied  and  ^ 
glorified,  '*we  shall  know  as  we  are 
known. "t  Until  then,  let  us  accept  the 
just  and  reasonable  conclusion, that  **God 
is,  and  that  he  is  a  rewarder  of  them 
that  diligently  seek  him,"§  and  that 
he  is  the  infinite  Creator  and  Ruler  of 
the  universe. 

''As  the  heavens  are  higher  than  the 

earth,  so  are  my  ways  higher  than  your 

*Job  11:16.  tLuke  1:33.  JlCor.  13:12,  §Heb.  11:6. 


168  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

ways,"  saith  the  Lord.*  If  you  would 
realize  the  vast  difference  between  the 
intellect,  of  man  the  creature,  and  of  God 
the  creator  read,  in  the  ninth  chapter 
(verse  20)  of  Romans: — *^Nay,  but,  O 
man,  who  art  thou  that  repliest  against 
God?  Shall  the  thing  formed  say  to 
him  that  formed  it,  why  hast  thou  made 
me  thus?  Hath  not  the  potter  power 
over  the  clay?''  We  need  not, however, as 
so  many  are  inclined  to  do,  consider  this 
unanswerable  problem  of  the  all-mighti- 
ness of  God  an*  adamantine  wall  to  bar 
all  research  into  God's  ways  of  dealing 
with  the  life,  death,  and  immortality  of 
the  human  family.  *^The  word  of  God 
is  quick  and  powerful,  and  sharper  than 
any  two-edged  sword,  piercing  even  to 
the  dividing  asunder  of  soul  and  spirit, 
and  of  the  joints  and  marrow,  and  is  a  dis- 
cerner  of  the  thoughts  and  intents  of  the 
heart, "t  and  through  it,  if  we  accept  it, 
we  may  have  the  Spirit,  which  ^^search- 
*Isaiah  55:9.      fHeb.  402^ 


And  the  Reason  Why.  169 

eth  all  things,  yea,  the  deep  things  of 
God;*  who  has  made  known  unto  us  the 
mystery  of  his  will/'t  Therefore,  if  we 
be  wise,  we  will  appropriate  what  God, 
through  his  word,  has  made  it  possible 
for  us  to  obtain.  If  we  can  understand 
God's  plans,  we  will  be  thoroughly  sat- 
isfied with  life  and  can  believe  that  *'all 
things  work  together  for  good  to  them 
that  love  God.'^t  And  we  can  under- 
stand why  Christ  **became  flesh  and 
dwelt  among  us,"  and  why  he  was  cruci- 
fied, §  for,  and  in  which  there  was  a  two- 
fold purpose. 

First, — in  order  that  He  might  be 
*Hhe  captain  of  our  salvation' ' — and  this 
in  its  entirety  embraces  God's  plan  of 
the  ages;  and. 

Second, — Christ,  by  **becoming  obe- 
dient unto  death,  even  the  death  of  the 
cross,"  emphasized  the  absolute  neces- 
sity of  implicit  obedience.     ''He  learned 

*1  Cor.  2:10.     tBph,  1;9,      5:Rom,  8:29. 
§Jno.  12:32. 


170  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

obedience  by  the  things  he  suffered,' '* 
and  by  obedience  he  gained  **  power 
over  Death,''  whom  he  will  eventually 
*'destroy."t 

God,  the  king,  the  omnipotent  ruler, 
through  the  devil's  rebellion  lost  Sa- 
tan, his  most  powerful  prince,  ''The 
anointed  Cherub, "t  who  is  also  called 
the  ''Son  of  the  morning. "§  This  fur- 
nishes an  object  lesson,  proof  positive 
that  a  stronger  and  superior  being,  a 
Captain  General,  was  a  necessity  in 
governing  the  universe ;||  hence,  the 
reason  for  the  Christ. 

The  devil  and  his  angels,  also  those 
"who  kept  not  their  first  estate, "H  who 
fell  with  Satan,  created  a  vacuum  amidst 
the  celestial  world's  inhabitants;  hence, 
the  reason  for  man. 

Here  we  would  call  attention  to  the 
Saviour's  words: — "Then  shall  the  king 
say  unto  them  on  his  right  hand.  Come, 

*Heb.  5:3.       fl  Cor.  15:26.      JEzek.  28:14. 
§Isaiah  14:12.       HRev.  3:21.      IJude  6. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  171 

ye  blessed  of  my  Father,  inherit  the 
kingdom  prepared  for  you  from  the 
foundation  of  the  worlds  (Italics  mine) 
Thus  is  the  time,  when  God  decreed 
that  man  should  inherit  a  kingdom, 
definitely  fixed  immediately  after  the 
deviPs  rebellion,  at  the  time  of  and  co- 
existant  with  the  laying  of  **the  founda- 
tions of  the  earth;^'*  *^when  the  morn- 
ing stars  sang  together,  and  all  the  sons 
of  God  shouted  for  joy."  Why  did  they 
shout  for  joy?  Evidently  it  was  not 
because  a  new  world  was  to  be  made, 
which  was  surely  a  very  common  thing 
for  God  to  do;  therefore  we  must  con- 
clude that,  since  God's  greatest  prince 
had  braved' the  power  of  the  Deity  and 
had  '^separated  from  the  love  of  God" t 
one-third  of  his  holy  angels,  there  was 
undoubtedly  a  feeling  of  uneasiness 
within  the  minds  and  hearts  of  the  in- 
habitants of  the  *4norning  stars"  lest  a 
similar  fate  might  overtake  them;  and 
♦Job  38:4.      fRom.  8:39. 


172  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

so  God's  promise*  of  rulers  of  superior 
strength  and  wisdom  and  a  supreme 
prince, t  whose  power  over  Satan  had 
just  been  demonstrated,  would  naturally 
cause  a  spontaneous  outburst  of  joy. 
God's  promise  to  him  ^Hhatovercometh" 
is,  '^1  will  give  him  the  morning  star.'^t 
Up  to  the  timeof  thedeviPs  rebellion, 
worlds  were  created  by  the  Lord  and 
were  no  doubt  formed,  assigned  their 
positions,  and  regulated  by  the  angels. 
But,  until  the  final  imprisonment  and 
punishment  of  the  devil  and  his  angels, 
the  extreme  danger  of  another  rebellion, 
and  lack  of  beings  capable  of  governing 
them§  has  in  all  probability,  prevented 
the  creation  of  other  worlds.  '  Thus 
God's  plans  are  interfered  with  until  the 
sons  of  men,  spiritualized,  reimbodied, 
and  made  stronger,  and  more  competent 

*Titus  1:2  **Hope  of  eternal  Hfe,  which  God, 
— promised  before  the  world  began."  fl  Peter 
1:20,  ''Who  verily  was  fore-ordained  before  the 
foundation  of  the  world." 

tRev.  2:29.       §1  Cor.  6:3. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  173 

than  the  angels,  (because  of  having  re- 
sisted the  temptations  of  sin  and  over- 
coming Satan, through  Christ)  shall  have 
^^been  gathered  from  the  four  winds,''* 
and  shall  stand  before  the  **great  white 
throne''  to  receive  from  their  God  the 
''kingdom  prepared  for  them."  Then 
will  God's  world-building  go  on  under 
the  supervision  of  the  reimbodied, 
glorified  Redeemer,  and  his  co-operat- 
ing ''brethren,"  the  resurrected,  spirit- 
ualized and  reimbodied  sons  and  daugh- 
ters of  earth. 

Do  not,  for  one  moment,  think  that 
God  ever  made  a  mistake,  or  that  he 
was,  oris,  experimenting;  for  "known 
unto  God  are  all  his  works  from  the  be- 
ginning, "t  The  time  had  come  for  an 
enlargement  of  God's  plans;  a  need  for 
more  efficient,  dependable  subjects,  and 
for  a  more  powerful  and  stronger  Cap- 
tain-general, J  who,  being  "made  perfect 
through  suffering,  "§  and  having  gained 

*Matt.  24:31.     fActs  15:18.     JPhil.2:9. 
§Heb.  2:10,  Rev.  5:12. 


174  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

strength  by  resisting  temptation  and  de- 
feating the  devil,  would,  forever,  be 
beyond  the  danger  of  rebelling  against 
God,  the  king — a  need  for  children  in- 
stead of  servants. 

Though  he  be  the^'father  of  lies,''  the 
devil  was  not  uttering  a  falsehood  when 
he  said  to  Christ,  *4  will  give  you  the 
world  and  the  kingdoms  thereof,  if  you 
will  fall  down  and  worship  me."  They 
were  his  to  give.* 

Christ  was  (is)  a  creating  power,  who 
could  (can)  create  worlds,  for  '4n  him 
dwells  the  fullness  of  the  God-head 
bodily. ' '  The  devil  was  trying  to  thwart 
God's  plans;  and  if  he  could  have  se- 
cured the  co-operation  of  Jesus  Christ, 
h«  would  have  been  able  to  effectually 
divide  God's  kingdom,  and  doubtless 
could  have  fulfilled  the  promise  he  had 
made  to  seduce  his  followers — to  make 
**each  one  the  ruler  of  an  entire  world." 
And  since,  without  a  crucified  and  risenf 

*John  16:11,  17:14,  I  John  5:19.    fl  Cor.  15:17 


And  the  Reason  Why.  l'^^ 

redeemer,  man  would  have  been  eter- 
nally lost,  Satan  could  have  peopled 
these  worlds  with  the  spirits  of  unre- 
deemed mortals. 

But  Jesus  Christ,  in  whom  was  the 
spirit  of  God  even  though  he  was  now 
'*made  in  the  likeness  of  men''  and 
dwelt  '4n  the  flesh,''  was  stronger  than 
the  devil;  so  he  conquered  Satan,  **burst 
the  bars  of  death,"  and  thus  *  ^destroyed 
the  works  of  the  devil.*  So  also  we, 
through  Christ,  may  break  the  bars  of 
death, t  become  the  sons  of  God,  and 
under  prince  Emanuel's  leadership,  help 
to  rule  the  worlds;  be  given  the  position 
for  which  the  angels,  under  the  **prince 
of  darkness"  rebelled  and  tried  to  seize. 

While  the  **Word  was  in  the  begin- 
ning with  God,"  and  although,  **with- 
out  him  was  not  anything  made  that 
was  made,"  and  he,  in  a  sense,  inexpli- 
cable and  undefinable  to    mortals,    was 

*Notk: — People   were   literaUy  "possessed  of 
the  devil"  before  Christ  arose  from  the  dead. 
tRotn.   8:12. 


176  The  Devirs  Rebellion, 

one  with  God;  he  was  not  in  the  dis- 
cernible* bodily  form  which  God  and  the 
angels  have;t  so,  in  order  to  be  the 
'^Captain  of  our  salvation, '^  our  head,t  it 
was  necessary  that  he  should  be  like  us; 
and  as  God  is  his  Father,  and  because  of 
him,  God  is  our  Father, §  there  was  but 
one  way  to  fill  every  requirement  accord- 
ing to  God's  plan. 

First,  in  order  that  he  might  be  our 
elder  brother,  ||  he  was  made  in  the 
flesh:  and 

Second,  in  order  that  he  might  save 
us  from  sin  and  the  devil,  and  have  us 
for  **his  purchased  possession;''  *'he 
tasted  death  for  every  man. "If  There- 
fore he  is  * 'worthy,  "J.  and  God  has 
raised  him  and  crowned  him  and  has 
''given  into  his  hands  all  power  in 
heaven  and  earth;"  and  he  is  now  at  the 
"right  hand  of  God"  superintending  the 

♦John  3:8.     fHeb.  1:3,  Gen.  18:2.     JEpb.  1:22. 
§John  1:12.       |1  Matt.  12:5.      fHeb.  2:9. 
jRev.  5:12. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  177 

redemption  of  the  human  family,''* 
through  the  Holy  Spirit,  who  is  ever 
presentt  with  those  who  do  not  reject 
him  by  refusing  to  do  God's  will. 

If  thus  it  was  that,  by  disobedience, 
God  lost  Satan,  his  prince  of  greatest 
power,  ^'the  anointed  Cherub, "t  one- 
third  of  his  holy  angels,  and  a  system  of 
worlds,  think  you,  gentle  reader,  that  he 
will  trust,  save,  reward,  or  even  tolerate 
within  heaven's  holy  precincts  the  re- 
bellious mortal  who  refuses  to  obey  to 
the  letter  his  Son's  the  Christ  express 
command  to  "'believe,  repent  and  be 
baptized  for  the  remission  of  sins"  in 
order  that  we  ''may  receive  the  gift  of 
the  Holy  Spirit"  and  "become  the  sons 
of  God?" 

*Rom.  8:34.     fMatt.  28:20.  JEzek.  28:14,  15. 


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178  The   Devil's  Rebellion, 


CONCLUSION 

CHAPTER  IX 

In  which  we  tell  how,  for  celestial  beings,  dis 
tance  is  annihilated,  and  discuss  the  fallacies  of 
Christian  Science,  give  a  vivid  description  of 
hell,  tell  where  and  what  it  is  now  (in  which  the 
"bound  angels"  are  confined),  what  and  where 
hell  will  eventually  be,  and  when  Christ  WiU 
come  again;  and — Prophecy  (a  poem). 

Realizing  that  some  of  the  statements 
in  this  book  are  radical,  far-reaching  in 
their  relation  to  life  and  immortality  and, 
perhaps  by  some,  hard  to  be  understood, 
for  the  benefit  of  the  student,  the  earn- 
est seeker  after  truth,  we  append  here 
a  summing  up  of  evidence. 

It  has  been  and,  in  these  concluding 
pages,  will  continue  to  be,  our  aim  to 
apply  the  key,  furnished  by  scientific 
research,  modern  invention,  and  recent 
historical  events  to  unlock  what,  to  our 
forefathers  appeared  to  be  unfathomable 
mysteries;  problems  whose  solution  de- 


And  the  Reason  Why.  179 

pended  upon  the*  lapse  of  time  and 
the  development    of   man's    intellect. 

We  adhere  strictly  to  the  biblical  rec- 
ord of  material  bodies,  human  and  divine, 
and  to  material  things  terrestrial  and 
celestial  in  the  past,  present  and  future. 
The  question  of  whether  or  not  celestial 
beings  have  material  bodies,  if  viewed 
from  our  short-sighted  human  stand- 
point, is  rendered  more  complicated  by 
the  immensity  of  distance  from  one 
planet  to  another. 

The  millions  upon  millions  of  miles 
from  our  earth  to  any  sphere  or  world 
that  would  be  likely  to  be  God's  central 
seat  of  power,  His  throne,*  have  no 
doubt  led  some  to  even  disbelieve  that 
Christ  took  with  Him  to  heaven  the 
material  ''flesh  and  bones"  body  with 
which  He  ate  fishf  on  two  different  occa- 
sions after  YL^  arose  from  the  dead. 

The  density  of  our  atmosphere  and  the 

♦Luke  24:39,  Psalms  103:19,  33:13, 14. 
tlyuke  24:42. 


ISO  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

resistance  it  offers  to  swift-moving  ob- 
jects is,  no  doubt,  the  cause  of  this  skep- 
ticism regarding  the  movements  of 
celestial  beings;  but  the  velocity  with 
which  some  of  the  heavenly  bodies,  the 
planets,  are  known  to  move  through 
space  should  forever  set  at  rest  any 
doubt  regarding  the  power  of  material 
celestial  beings  to  travel  millions  of 
miles  in  an  infinitely  short  space  of  time. 

Our  earth^s  surface  has  a  velocity  of 
over  a  thousand  miles  an  hour  in  its 
rotary  motion,  and  the  earth,  in  its  orbit 
around  the  sun,  travels  more  than  six 
thousand  miles  per  hour,  yet  our  atmos- 
phere moves  with  it  with  no  apparent 
friction  with  the  upper  ether.  Thus  we 
see  there  is  absolutely  no  resistance  to 
the  movement  of  material  objects  or 
bodies  outside  the  atmosphere  of  the 
worlds  or  planets. 

Halley's  comet  travels  at  the  rate  of 
a  million  miles  per  day,  tho  Halley's 
comet  is    an    immense    material    sub- 


And  the  Reason  Why.  1^1 

stance    impelled     by     natural     forces. 

We  might  add,  however,  that  the 
operations  of  all  natural  forces  are  but 
miracles  repeated  until  they  become 
common  or  **natural"  laws.  A  miracle 
is  a  suspension,  an  interruption,  a  fore- 
stalling or  establishing  of  natural  laws 
which  requires  the  intervention  of  super-  • 
natural  power  which  emanates  alone 
from  the  Deity. 

The  fact  that  the  tail  of  a  comet,  con- 
trary to  all  reason,  does  noK,  follow  the 
comet,  but  points  away  from  the  sun,  no 
matter  which  way  the  comet  may  be 
traveling,  is  conclusive  proof  of  our  con- 
tention that  resisting  atmosphere  does 
not  exist  in  the  upper  ether. 

Evidently  Halley^s  comet  is  not  re- 
tarded in  its  flight  by  such  resistance  as 
would  be  offered  by  our  earth's  atmos- 
phere. 

Here  then  we  have  the  key  with  which 
reason  may  unlock  the  apparent  mys- 
tery of   the    transmission    of   material, 


182  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

celestial  beings  millions  of  miles  in  a 
few  moments  of  time;  for,  given  the 
power  of  God  as  an  impelling  force,  the 
angels  can  go  from  world  to  world  with- 
out pausing  to  reckon  time.  Though 
the  distance  be  a  billion  miles,  with  an 
angel,  but  to  will  transmission  thence 
means  the  journey  completed.  It  is, 
however,  not  necessary  for  God  to  send 
an  angel  directly  from  His  imperial 
throne  to  perform  His  will.  God's  uni- 
verse is  so  delicately  attuned  that, 
through  vibration,  with  the  Holy  Spirit 
as  transmitter  and  receiver,  an  angel, 
in  any  part  of  His  vast  realm,  can  be 
given  a  message  and  sent  to  perform  an 
important  mission  without  fear  of  mis- 
construing orders.  Therefore,  througli 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,*  by  the  co-opera- 
tion, and  with  the  vibrating,  transmit- 
ting power,  of  the  Holy  Spirit!  and  with 
countless  angels  to  do  his  bidding,   God 

*Matt.  28:20.     fl John  5:7,8 


And  the  Reason  Why.  183 

is  indeed  ever  present  to  guide  the  foot- 
steps of  his  children. 

Through  His  word^  the  Bible/^  God 
speaks  to  our  minds,  our  hearts,  our  souls 
and  spirits,  and  tells  us  how  we  may  in- 
herit the  *'new  heaven  and  the  new 
earth"  in  which,  as  reimbodied  celestial 
beings  we  are  to  dwell. 

Besides  the  bodily  **form"  of  Jesus 
Christ,  which  the  apostles  saw  and 
** handled"  after  his  resurrection,  God 
has  surely  given  us  sufficient  evidence 
of  the  material  substance  of  the  bodies  of 
angels,  two  instances  of  which  we  call 
to  mind: — 

First,  **the  sons  of  God"  married  *Uhe 
daughters  of  men,"*  thereby  producing 
giants;  and 

Second,  the  **three  men",t  who  came 
to  tell  Abraham  that  Sodom  and  Gomor- 
rah would  be  destroyed,  partook  of  the 
feast  which  Abraham  prepared  for  them. 
These  latter  angels  were  either  perform - 

*Gen.  6:2.        fGen.  18:2. 


184  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

ing  a  common  feat,  that  of  consuming 
food,  a  substance  which  their  material 
bodies  could  and  did  assimilate,  or  they 
were  practicing  a  deception,  which  we 
will  not  admit.  It  is  certainly  easier  to 
believe  and  take  literally,  these  state- 
ments of  holy  writ  than  to  believe  that 
God  performed  a  miracle  and  deceived 
man  each  time  that  He  sent  an  angel  mes- 
senger to  communicate  with  him;  and 
there  would  be  no  doubt  regarding  thes^ 
statements  were  it  not  that  Satan's  imps 
are  ever  present  trying  to  make  myth- 
ical and  to  nullify  the  word  of  God. 

Many  years  of  life's  experiences, 
measured  always  by  implicit  faith  in 
God's  word,  have  taught  us  to  believe 
that  Paul  spoke  truly;  ^'our  light  afflic- 
tion, which  is  but  for  a  moment,  work- 
eth  for  us  a  far  more  exceeding  and 
eternal  weight  of  glory." 

Just  here  we  wish  to  emphasize  our 
position,  our  firm  belief  in  material 
things  and  material  bodies  in   the   life 


And  the  Reason  Why.  185 

hereafter.  Job  says,  *^And  though 
worms  destroy  my  body,  yet  in  my  flesh 
shall  I  see  God:  whom  I  shall  see  for 
myself,  and  mine  eyes  shall  behold,  and 
not  another. '^  The  heavens  are  full  of 
worlds,  similar  to  our  own,  therefore  we 
are  sure  Paul  actually  meant  an  * 'eternal 
weight  of  glory,''  a  discernible  material 
substance;  something  to  be  seen  and  felt 
by  the  reimbodied,  spiritual,  **flesh  and 
bones' '  being,  just  as  our*  'elder  brother, ' ' 
Christ,  after  his  resurrection,  had  a  ''flesh 
and  bones"*  body,  which  we  insist  he 
took  with  him  to  heaven,  where  he  "sat 
down  on  the  right  hand"  of  the  per  so  Jt  a  I 
God  spoken  of  in  the  third  verse  of  the 
first  chapter  of  Hebrews,  and  also  in  the 
first  chapter  of  Genesis:  the  God  whose 
"hinder  parts"  Moses  saw;  "from  whose 
face  the  heaven  and  earth  will  flee  away," 
and  who  was  "grieved  at  his  heart" 
because  of  the  sins  of  ment — the  God 
who  "walked"  in  the  garden  of  Eden. 
*lvuke  24;39     fGen.  6;6, 


186  ^  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

We  are  aware  that  there  are  many, 
even  professing  Christians,  who  will 
take  issue  with  us  regarding  the  *  *image' ' 
and  *  ^personality' '  of  *Hhe  living  God.*' 
But  why,  we  would  ask,  does  a  truthful, 
reasoning  God  endow  man  with  reason- 
ing faculties  and  tell  him,  through  his 
inspired  apostles  and  *'by  his  Son  Jesus 
Christ,"  about  material  things,  in  heav- 
en, if  such  things  do  not  exist  except  in 
allegory?  Since  the  word  of  God  does 
speak  of  material  man  as  being  *4n  the 
express  image  and  likeness"  of  his 
Maker,  threatens  him  with  a  fire-and- 
brimstone  hell  for  disobedience,  and  for 
obedience  promises  him  an  habitation  in 
heaven,  in  a  city  the  walls  and  streets  of 
which  are  minutely  described  as  consist- 
ing of  materiaLthings;*  if  God  is  but  an 
invisible,  untangible.*' first  cause,"  if  hell 
IS  all  a  bugaboo  and  heaven  but  a  fable, 
then  man's  intellect  is  being  insulted 
and    he    is    not    fairly    dealt     with. 

*Rev.  21:18, 19. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  187 

According  to  some  of  our  modern 
''advanced  thinkers''  (?)  and  ''scien- 
tists,'' (?)  the  word  allegory  should  be 
stamped  in  glaring  red  letters  on  almost 
every  page  of  holy  writ.  These  adverse 
critics  will  probably  come  back  at  me 
with  the  accusation  that  much  of  this 
book  is  but  an  allegory;  to  which  we 
make  reply  that  it  is  one  thing  to  illus- 
trate certain  truths  regarding  life,  death, 
and  immortality  by  a  parable  or  an  alle- 
gory, and  quite  another  thing  to  make 
null  and  void  plain  statements  made  by 
the  Son  of  God  and  his  inspired  apostles 
by  stamping  them  as  myths.  Mortals 
have  never  yet  made  the  mistake  of 
ascribing  too  much  wisdom,  and  power, 
and  reality  to  God.  It  is  a  favorite 
trick  of  the  devil  and  his  agents  to  de- 
clare God  a  myth,  minimize  hell  and 
discredit  belief  in  his  own  person  and 
power;  and  just  so  far  as  success  crowns 
his  efforts  can  he  befuddle  the  brain  and 
bind  the  hands  and  feet  of  mortals  and 


188  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

drag  them  down  to  perdition.  The 
modern  movement,  whose  head  has 
named  her  followers  *  ^Christian  Scien- 
tists,'' is  one  of  the  most  diabolical  and 
effectual  agencies  launched  by  the  devil, 
to  do  this  particular  kind  of  work.  This 
cult  is  evidently  joined  heart  and  soul 
with  the  devil  in  an  endeavor  to  get  rid 
of  hell  for  they ^ 'move  heaven  and  earth'' 
to  prove  that  there  is  no  such  thing  as 
material  matter,  apparently  hoping 
thereby  to  leave  nothing  combustible  for 
the  ' 'flames  of  hell"  to  feed  upon.  Con- 
tending for  this,  and  denying  that  there 
is  a  devil,  places  the  advocates  of  Chris- 
tian Science  in  a  position  where  they 
must,  and  do,  brand  as  false  and  reject 
in  toto  all  scriptures  which  relate  to  the 
devil,  or  the  creation  of  matter.* 

These  are  the  same  tactics  employed 
by  Satan  from  time  immemorial: — to 
quote  such  passages  of  holy  writ  as  are 

*See  pages  522-525  of  Mrs.  Bddy's  "vScience 
and  Health  with  Key  to  the  Scriptures," 


And  the  Reason  Why.  1^9 

calculated  to  prove  their  point  and  re- 
ject what  conflicts  with  their  pet  theory. 
Suggestive  therapeutics  or  mental  heal- 
ing is  represented  unwittingly  and  prac- 
ticed in  a  bungling  way,  by  the  Chris- 
tian Scientist,  and  the  results  obtained 
are  so  nearly  allied  to  miraculous  dem- 
onstration that,  to  finite  mortals,  the 
difference  is  practically  undiscernible; 
but,  because  one  has  been  relieved  of 
pain,  or  has  been  cured  of  some  malady 
by  the  use  of  ideas  gained  through  read- 
ing Mrs.  Eddy's  book,  is  no  reason  why 
one  should  reject  or  refuse  to  obey  the 
explicit  commands  of  Christ  and  his  in- 
spired apostles  regarding  the  plan  of 
salvation,  and  so,  failing  to  become  an 
**adopted  heir,!'  fail  to  *  inherit  eternal 
life.''  Why  swallow,  with  blind  faith^ 
all  the  unreasonable  and  absurd  things 
Mrs.  Eddy  chose  to  write?  Was  she 
infallible?  A  few  grains  of  arsenic  will 
clear  the  complexion,  but  an  overdose 
will  kill  the  strongest  man  or  woman, 


ISO  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

and  just  so  sure  will  an  overdose  of 
Christian  Science  (so  called)  bring 
spritual,  and  often  physical  death  to 
its  adherent.  If  God  made  nothing  in 
vain  why  did  he  create  medical  herbs 
*4or  the  healing  of  the  nations?"*  For 
if  drugs  can  have  no  effect  on  our  bodies, 
neither  can  anything  else  we  eat  or  drink 
have  any  effect.  The  Christian  Scien- 
tist's lack  of  true  Christian  principles 
is  evidenced  by  his  flat  denial  of  the 
teachings  of  Christ,  and  his  lack  of  sci- 
ence by  his  failure  to  demonstrate  a  sin- 
gle truth  by  any  known  syllogism;  his 
mode  of  operation  being  characterized 
by  unproven,  dogmatic  assertions. 

As  for  their  healing  powers,  I  myself, 
by  the  use  of  suggestive  therapeutics, 
have  performed  as  seemingly  miraculous 
cures,  even  in  surgery,  as  the  most  con- 
secrated or  radical  Christian  Scientist 
can  truthfully  lay  claim  to.  Because  of 
their  pretensions  to  a  monopoly  of  Chris- 

*Rev.  22:2.    EJzk.  47:12. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  1^1 

tian  faith  the  apostle  Paul  must  have 
been  looking  down  through  the  vista  of 
near  two  thousand  years  and,  with  pro- 
phetic vision  beheld  this  cult  when  he 
said:  '* Satan  himself  is  transformed  into 
an  angel  of  light.  Therefore  it  is  no 
great  thing  if  his  ministers  also  be  trans- 
formed as  the  mirlisters  of  righteous- 
ness.'' And  again,  Christ,  in  Mark's 
gospel,  '^For  false  Christs  and  false 
prophets  shall  rise,  and  shall  show  signs 
and  wonders,  to  seduce,  if  it  were  possi- 
ble, the  very  elect." 

By  their  denial  of  the  reality  and  per- 
sonity  of  God,  and  their  rejection  of  the 
teachings  of  Christ,  these  people  prove 
their  identity  with  **  Antichrist,"  spoken 
ofinistjohn  (2:22),  '*Who  is  a  liar  but 
he  that  denieth  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ? 
He  is  antichrist,  that  denieth  the  Father 
and  the  Son."  While  professing  faith 
in  Christ's  messiahship,  by  refusing  to 
obey  Him  these  people  prove  that  they 
do  not  accept  him,  for  Jesus  said,  **If  ye 


192  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

ove  me  ye  will  keep  my  command- 
ments.'' 

I  met  a  man  a  short  time  since,  who 
had  sat  at  the  feet  of  Mrs.  Mary  Baker 
G.  Eddy,  and  was  learned  in  all  the 
doctrines  of  Christian  Science.  We  en- 
gaged in  a  discussion  concerning  the 
Christian  religion,  t^ie  subject  being  the 
creation  of  man  and  the  fatherhood  of 
God. 

He  said,  **We  are  not  made  in  God's 
image  in- the  flesh." 

*^Your  doctrine  does  not  agree  with 
the  Mosaic  account  of  the  creation  of 
man,"  said  I. 

'* Perhaps  you  have  not  noticed,"  said 
he,  **that  there  are  /z£/(9  creations  spoken 
of  in  the  Bible: — one,  the  first,  in  the 
first  chapter  of  Genesis,  where  the  spirit 
of  man  was  made  in  the  image  of  God, 
and  the  second  creation,  in  the  second 
chapter  of  Genesis,  where  God  is  said  to 
have  made  a  body  of  clay  in  which  the 
spirit  of  man  is  supposed  to  dwell." 


And  the  Reason  Why.  193 

Turning  to  the  first  chapter  and  be- 
ginning at  the  twenty-sixth  verse  we 
read: — first,  that  God  created  man  in  his 
**own  image,  after  his  likeness;''  second, 
that  this  man  was  to  have  dominion 
over  the  fish  of  the  sea,  the  fowls  of  the 
air,  the  cattle  of  the  earth,  and  over  all 
the  earth,  and  over  every  creeping  thing 
that  creepeth  on  the  earth;"  third, 
(v. 27)  that  man  was  created  '^nale  and 
female,''  and  (v. 28)  commanded  to 
*' multiply,  and  replenish  the  earth,  and 
subdue  it;"  and  fourth,  (v. 28,  29)  man 
was  given  the  ^ ^products  of  the  herbs 
and  trees,  and  the  flesh  of  all  living 
things  to  eat." 

^'This,"  we  remarked,  **was  certainly 
remarkable  and  extraordinary  conduct 
for  mere  spirits,  a  thing  utterly  impos- 
sible, therefore  this  man  of  materia^ 
body,  soul  and  spirit  was,  and  we  in  like 
manner  are,  in  the  ^likeness,  the  ex- 
press image  of  the  'living  God.'  " 

Our  opponent  also  denied  the  person- 

alityof  the  devil.  ' 

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194  The  Devirs  Rebellion, 

**How  then  do  you  account  for  sin?" 
we  asked. 

**0h,  sin  crept  in  as  an  evil  influence, '^ 
he  replied. 

'*Sin  crept  in!"  we  exclaimed.  *^How 
long, pray, since  sin  ceased  to  creep?  We 
find  it  capable  of  fraud  and  forgery,  of 
prostituting  womanhood  and  cursing 
manhood;  instituting  sedition  and  com- 
mitting theft,  and  even  murder.  This 
*evil  influence'  which  distorts  the  truth 
and  maintains  damnable  heresies  such 
as  you  teach;  this  designing,  diabolical, 
hideous,  soul-destroying  monster  is,  ac- 
cording to  your  senseless,  idiotic  theory^ 
a  creeping  \ni2.n\.^  born  without  parent- 
age, a  mythical  nonentity,  or  perhaps 
emanating  from  some  obscure  and  remote 
nebulous  molecule  that  was  originally  a 
hollow  nothing  with  not  even  a  rim  on  it. 
Say,  mister!  /  was  born  with  something 
near  the  ordinary  amount  of  intelligence, 
and  God,  whose  personality  I  believe  in, 
has  endowed  me  with  reasoning  faculties; 


And  the  Reason  Why.  1^5 

therefore,  until  you  can  *give  a  reason  for 
the  faith  that  is  in  you/*  I  beg  of  you 
to  not  insult  my  intellect  by  expecting 
me  to  consider  seriously  such  unquali- 
fied, unsupportable  assertions  as  you 
have  made,  assertions  diametrically  op- 
posed not  only  to  reason  but  to  the  word 
of  God  as  well.  It  is  beyond  my  com- 
prehension that  a  man  of  sound  mind 
should  entertain  such  fallacious  ideas. 
You  know  as  well  as  I  do  that  the  in- 
spired apostles,  and  also  Jesus  Christ, 
speak  of  this  evil  person  as  V/^,'  'him^^ 
^Satan'  and  'the  devil;'  your  contention 
is  therefore  that  these  witnesses  are 
falsifiers;  will  you  still  contend  for  your 
unsupported  dogmatic  theory?'' 

If  the  discussion  between  this  man 
and  myself  had  been  along  ordinary 
lines  of  business,  or  of  any  other  subject 
pertaining  to  this  life,  there  could  have 
been  no  further  difference  of  opinion  be- 
tween us  regarding  the  matter;  but,  in 
*1  Peter  3:15. 


1^6  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

this  man  was  illustrated  PauPs  words, 
**the  god  of  this  world  hath  blinded  the 
minds  of  them  which  believe  not,  lest 
the  gospel  of  Christ,  who  is  vthe  image 
of  God,  should  shine  unto  them.''* 

We  wish  to  reiterate  and  lay  particu- 
lar stress  upon  this  proposition: — In 
matters  of  ordinary  life,  where  our 
momentary  pleasures  are  either  increased 
or  diminished  by  our  beliefs  and  actions, 
or,  where  it  is  a  matter  of  financial  loss 
or  gain,  we  are  susceptible  to  reason  and 
are  quick  to  profit  by  a  knowledge 
gained  of  better  methods;  while,  in  this 
momentous  question  of  whether  we  will 
spend  eternity  with  God  and  the  angels 
in  heaven,  or  with  the  devil  and  his 
imps  in  hell,  persons  of  mature  years 
who  reject  Christ  seem  wedded  to  * 'de- 
lusions" and  * 'believe"  a  lie  that  they 
''may  be  damned." 

Why  should  it  be  considered  an  un- 
reasonable and  unbelievable  thing  that 
*2  Cor.  4:4. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  197 

the  devil,  his  angels,  and  unredeemed 
mortals  should  be  cast  into  a  literal  fire- 
and-brimstone  hell?  I  know  the  theory 
is  advanced,  that  fire  can  have  no  effect 
on  celestial  beings  or  on  the  spirits  of 
men.  But  we  do  not  admit  the  conten- 
tion because,  first,  God  is  able  to  make 
the  hurt  real  without  consuming  the 
subject,  and  second,  mental  anguish  is 
a  great  factor  in  man's  punishment. 
Bfit,  //  it  were  true^  that  no  physical 
pain  could  come  to  a  lost  soul,  it  does 
not  necessarily  follow  that  there  is  to  be 
no  literal  *4ake  that  burns  with  fire  and 
brimstone,  reserved  for  the  wicked.'* 
As  we  said  before, to  deny  this  is  to  ren- 
der null  and  void,  and  stamp  as  mythical 
and  allegorical  much  of  God's  word;  this 
we  most  emphatically  refuse  to  take  the 
responsibility  of  doing,  especially  as  we 
find  these  statements  repeatedly  made 
and  emphasized  in  St. John's  Revelation, 
in  which  he  says, — *^If  any  man  shall 


198 


The  Devil's  Rebellion, 


take  away  from  the  words  of  the  book  of 
this  prophecy,  God  will  take  away  his 
part  out  of  the  book  of  life,  and  out  of 
the  holy  city.  And  if  any  man  shall 
add  unto  these  things,  God  shall  add 
unto  him  the  plagues  that  are  written  in 
this  book.''  Therefore,  tho  we  do  not 
presume  to  be  your  judge,  according  to 
the  scriptures,  if  you  deny  these  things, 
*'and  shall  teach  men  so,"  you  are  in  a 
fair  way  to  test  the  realities  of  this  same 
fire-and-brimstone  hell,  where  ^^their 
wonm  dierh  not  and  their  fire  is  not 
quenched." 

Jesus  Christ,  in  his  story  of  the  rich 
man  and  Lazarus,  gave  his  sanction  to 
a  literal  burning  hell  when  he  said  the 
rich  man,  ^4n  hell"  was  'tormented  in 
the  flames."  To  deny  a  literal  hell 
therefore  is  to  accuse  Christ  of  uttering 
a  falsehood. 

Yes, we  believe  in  z. personal  Ood.  who 
has  a  discernible  bodily  form,  because 
the  Bible  says  so;  we  also,  and  in   like 


And  the  Reason  Why.  199 

manner,  believe  in  a  personal  devil;  in 
a  literal  material  heaven,  and  in  a  fire- 
and-brimstone  hell,  for  the  same  reason. 

Do  you  ask  where  is  hell?  In  a  for- 
mer chapter  we  have  shown  that,  ac- 
cording to  geological  research,  beneath 
our  earth's  crust  there  is  a  seething 
mass  of  molten  matter*  which  answers 
the  description  of,  and  corroborates  the 
statements  made  in  the  Bible  concern- 
ing hell.  All  volcanic  eruptions  attest 
the  truthfulness  of  the  scriptures  and  of 
geological  findings  on  this  question. 
For  an  ordinary  business  proposition, 
this  evidence  would  be  conclusive,  but 
as  it  is  a  matter  of  religion,  the  devil's 
pernicious  interference  with  man's  rea- 
soning powers  so  warps  the  judgment  of 
mortals,  that  the  existence  of  a  literal 
hell  that  is  or  is  to  be  is  denied,  ridiculed 
or  ignored. 

To  our  mind  nothing  else  contributes 
evidence   to   establish  the  authenticity 

*Job  28:5  and  Psalms  140:10. 


200 


The   Devil's  Rebellion, 


and  inspiration  of  the  scriptures,  so 
strongly  as  do  the  types  and  shadows 
lived  and  recorded  by  the  partriarchs, 
peoples  and  prophets  of  the  first  and  sec- 
ond dispensations.  These  types  and  shad- 
ows subsequent  history  proves  to  have 
been  prophetic  finger-boards,  pointing 
truthfully  to  coming  events;  therefore, 
as  our  first  witness  to  prove  the  present 
location  of  hell  we  will  introduce  the 
symbol  of  Moses,  Aaron,  the  rebellious 
Jewish  princes  and  the  "pit,''  in  which 
the  princes  were  engulfed,  that  typify 
respectively  God,  the  Holy  Spirit,  the 
celestial  governing  angels  and  hell. 

Moses  was  a  man  "slow  of  speech'' 
to  whom  God  gave  Aaron,  Moses' 
brother,  to  be  "spokesman  unto  the 
people,"  and  God  said  to  Moses  "thou 
shalt  put  words  in  Aaron's  mouth  and 
he  shall  be  to  thee  instead  of  a  mouth, 
and  thou  shalt  be  to  him  instead  of 
God."  Thus  we  have  biblical  au- 
thority for  designating  Moses   as  sym- 


And  the  Reason  Why.  201 

bolizing  God;  and  in  Aaron,  as  mediator 
between  MosCvS  and  the  children  of 
Israel,  we  have  a  perfect  representative 
of  the  Holy  Spirit  who,  before  time,  was 
God's  medium  of  communication  with 
His  angels,  with  the  **governing 
princes' '  who  co-operated  with  Satan  in 
his  rebellion.  These  princes,  governors 
of  worlds  and  angels,  are  symbolized  by 
the  ^Hwo  hundred  and  fifty  princes  of 
the  assembly,  famous  in  the  congrega- 
tion, men  of  renown"*  who  rebelled 
against  Moses  **and  the  earth  opened 
her  mouth  and  swallowed  them  up,"  in 
hell,  the  place  where  the^^bound  angels" 
now  are,  in  the  center  of  the  earth. 

The  inspired  writers  of  both  the  Old 
and  the  New  Testaments  recognized  and 
designated  the  interior  of  our  earth  as 
hell.  David,  **spake  of  the  resurrection 
of  Christ,  that  his  soul  was  not  left  in 
hell."t  And  again,  **they  that  encom- 
pass my  soul,  to  destroy  it,  shall  go  into 
.^Numbers  16;2.     fActs  2;31  and  Psalms  16:10. 


202  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

the  lower  parts  of  the  earth.''  '^I  saw  a 
star  (angel)  fall  from  heaven  unto  the 
earth:  and  to  him  was  given  the  key  to 
the  bottomless  pit,  and  he  opened  the 
bottonless  pit;  and  there  arose  a  smoke 
out  of  the  pit  as  the  smoke  of  a 
great  furnace."  The  angel  *'came  down 
from  heaven,"  and  ^'opened  the  bottom- 
less pit,"  into  which  he  put  the  devil 
and  sealed  him  up.  We  also  read  in 
Isaiah  (5:14)  that  **hell  hath  enlarged 
herself,  and  opened  her  mouth  without 
measure;"  and  in  Rev.  (12:6)  **the 
earth  opened  her  mouth  and  swallowed 
up  the  flood  (evil  spirits)  which  the 
dragon  (the  devil)  cast  out  of  his 
mouth."  Second  Peter,  (2:4)  '*God 
spared  not  the  angels  that  sinned,  but 
cast  them  down  to  hell,  and  delivered 
them  into  the  chains  of  darkness;" 
again,'^**the  angels  which  kept  not  their 
first  estate,but  left  their  own  habitation. 
He  hath  reserved  in  everlasting  chains 
under  darkness  unto  the  judgment  of  the 


And  the  Reason  Why.  203 

great  day/'*  These  corroborating, 
parallel  passages,  with  many  others 
which  speak  of  hell  as  being  *Mown,''t 
*^under,''  '^beneath''  and,  where  the 
wicked  will  'descend  into  it,'*  lead  to 
but  one  unanswerable  conclusion: — our 
earth  *  ^opened  her  mouth  and  swal- 
lowed''} the  evil  ones  into  a  great 
cavity,  into  a  dark  hell  within  her,  a 
great  hollow  space,  a  veritable  ^'"bottom- 
less pit." 

That  there  is  a  hollow  space,  a 
^'prison,"  within  our  earth,  and  that 
there  are  angels  and  spirits  confined 
therein,  there  can  be  no  doubt;  for,  upon 
no  other  hypothesis  can  the  following 
scriptures  be  explained:  ^'For  Christ, be- 
ing put  to  death  in  the  flesh,  but  quick- 
ened by  the  Spirit:  by  which  also  he 
went  and  preached  unto  the  spirits  in 
prison;  which  sometime  were  disobedi- 
ent, §  when  once    the  long-suffering   of 

*Jude  6.     tKzek.  22:  27.     |Rev.  12:16. 
§Note,  See  page  107. 


204  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

God  waited  in  the  days  of  Noah.''* 
**Now  that  He  ascended,  what  is  it  but 
that  he  also  descended  first  into  the  lower 
parts  of  the  earth?  He  that  descended 
is  the  same  also  that  ascended  up  far 
above  all  heavens,  that  he  might  fill  all 
things,  "t  Throughout  every  other  part 
of  the  entire  universe,  all  the  celestial 
beings  would  have  been  apprised  of  the 
birth,  death  and  resurrection  of  the 
Christ,  by  the  Spirit,  but  into  this  ^4n- 
ner  prison,''  to  'Hhem  that  sit  in  dark- 
ness," even  God's  spritual  vibration 
could  not  penetrate,  so,  in  order  to  ^''fill 
all  things,"  i.  e.,that  not  any  creature 
of  God's  universe  should  be  ignorant  of 
the  advent  of  'Hhe  only  begotten  Son  of 
God,"  Jesus  ^Mescended  into  hell," 
'*went  and  preached  to  the  spirits  in 
prison,"  told  even  them  the^^storyof 
the  cross."  This  was  according  to  di- 
vine justice,  a  part  of  God's  great  plan, 
and  was  therefore  necessary  because,  in 
*1  Pet.  3:18,  19.      fEphes.  3:9,  10. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  205 

'^that  great  day  of  God  Almighty,'' 
**at  the  name  of  Jesus  every  knee  shall 
bow,  of  things  in  heaven,  and  things  in 
earth,  and  of  things  under*  the  earth; 
and  that  every  tongue  should  confess 
that  Jesus  is  lyord,  to  the  glory  of  God 
the  Father.'' 

It  is  a  well  known  fact  that  earth- 
quakes move  in  waves^  a  thing  utterly 
impossible  with  a  solid  world,  but  easily 
explainable  when  the  earth  is  hollow. 
Around  this  hollow  space  is  melted  lava, 
brimstone  and  fire,  some  of  which  is 
often  thrown  out  by  volcanic  action; 
this  liquid  molten  matter  is,  by  the 
world's  revolving  motion,  kept  forced 
against  the  outer,  heavier  crust  or  cooled 
surface.  No  doubt  this  vast  "prison," 
lacking  ether,  upon  which  the  rays  of 
the  sun  fall  and  give  us  light,  is  "in 
darkness" t  and  so  the  devil's  prison, 
spoken  of  in  Revelation  (20:1-7)  is  not 

*Note:  There  are  beings  * 'under  the  earth" 
whose** /^w^^^shaU  bow,"  Ph's.  2:10.  flsa.  14:9-20. 


206  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

a  .  myth,  but  is  real — an  immense 
dungeon  in  the  center  of  our  earth,  in 
which  Satan  will  be  kept  ^*for  a  thou- 
sand years/' 

Within  this  prison  hell  the  volunteei; 
governing  princes  are  surely  *^bound  in 
chains  of  darkness,'/  **under  darkness," 
awaiting  the  end  of  time.  Hear  what 
the  prophet  Isaiah  says  concerning 
their  reception  of  the  devil  when  the 
angel  shall  *'cast  him  into  the  bottom- 
less pit,  and  shut  him  up,  and  set  a  seal 
upon  him,  that  he  shall  deceive  the  na- 
tions no  more  till  a  thousand  years  be 
fulfilled;"  **hell  from  beneath  is  moved 
for  thee  to  meet  thee  at  thy  coming;  it  •  ^ 
stirreth  up  the  dead  for  thee,"  (the  first 
resurrection)  **A11  they"  (the  bound 
angels)  ^^shall  speak  and  say  unto  thee, 
art  thou  also  become  as  weak  as  we?  Art 
thou  become  like  us?  Thy  pomp  is 
brought  down  to  the  grave  (hell) — How 
art  thou  fallen  from  heaven,  O  Lucifer, 
son  of  the  morning!     How  art  thou  cut 


And  the  Reason  Why.  207 

down  to  the  ground,  which  didst  weaken 
the  nations.''* 

Hear  their  taunts,  referring  back  to 
the  time  of  his  rebellion: — *^Por  thou 
hast  said  in  thine  heart,  I  will  ascend 
into  heaven,  I  will  sit  also  upon  the 
mount  of  the  congregation,  in  the  sides 
of  the  North  ;t  I  will  ascend  above  the 
heights  of  the  clouds;  I  will  be  like  the 
most  High.''  He  is  taunted  with  the 
peace  of  earth,  during  his  imprisonment: 
^—**  All  the  kings  of  the  nations,  even  all 
of  them,  lie  in  glory,  every  one  in  his 
own  house."  Since  it  was  Satan  who 
transformed  our  earth  into  a  grave  for 
mortals,  how  appropriate  and  stinging 
is  their  rebuke  of  the  devil  in  verse  19: 
— *'But  thou  art  cast  out  of  thy  grave 
like  an  abominable  branch — as  a  carcass 
trodden  under  feet."t  The  apostle  Paul 
evidently  foresaw  Satan  bound  and 
imprisoned  in  the  center  of  our  earth. 

*Note:  See  page  166. 

tNote:  See  page  75.      JRom.  16:20. 


208  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

He  says:  ''The  God  of  peace  shall 
bruise  Satan  under  your  feet  shortly/^ 

When  the  end  of  time  comes  and  our 
earth  collapses, is  ''utterly  broken  down, 
is  clean  dissolved,"  is  "moved  out  of 
itsplace,''  "fleethlike  a  chased  roe," — 
"like  a  sheep  that  no  man  taketh  up," 
— "shall  fall  and  not  rise  again,"  when 
"the  earth  shall  reel  to  and  fro  like  a 
drunkard," — "the  things  that  are  there- 
in shall  be  burnt  up,"  and  "the  rocks 
melt  with  fervent  heat,"  then  will  the 
ether  surrounding  the  earth  be  con- 
sumed and  all  will  go  out  "into  outer 
darkness,"  and  the  devil,  his  angels  and 
the  souls  of  unredeemed  mortals  who 
try  to  leave  it  will  be  hurled  back*  into 
the  "lake  that  burns  with  fire  and  brim- 
stone," and  "there  will  be  weeping  and 
gnashing  of  teeth." 

When  Jacob  was  fleeing  from  the  just 
wrath  of  his  brother  Esau,  whom  he  had 
cheated  out  of  his  birthright,  the  lad- 
*Rev.  21:8. 


And  the  Reason  Why. 


209 


der  that  he  saw  in  a  vision  while  sleep- 
ing at  Bethel,  that  reached  from  earth 
to  heaven,  upon  which  **the  angels 
were  ascending  and  descending,"  was  a 
type  of  the  Christ.  And  when  the  great 
judgment  day  comes  the  sons  and  daugh- 
ters of  men  are  going  to  need  that  lad- 
der to  climb  off  this  sizzling,  burning 
fire-and-brimstone  world. 

The  same  fire  that  refines  the  gold, 
hardens  the  clay;  therefore,  every  time 
you  read,  or  even  call  to  mind,  any  part 
of  God's  word,  every  time  you  hear  a 
sermon,  are  invited  to  attend  divine 
service,  or  are  importuned  in  any  way  to 
become  a  better  boy  or  girl,  man  or 
woman,  you  either  advance  toward  a 
crown  of  righteousness  in  heaven,  or  you 
take  a  step  downward  toward  a  burning 
hell.  You  are  becoming  refined  gold  to 
be  treasured  for  your  intrinsic  value, 
that  you  may  ^*shine  as  the  sun  in  the 
kingdom' '  of  God,  or  you  are  being 
hardened  into  a  common  brick,  fit  only  to 

(15) 


210  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

be  used  inthedeviPs  'furnace. *'*  When 
you  are  inclined  to  yield  to  a  good  im- 
pulse the  devil  is  ever  at  your  elbow  to 
whisper  in  your  ear,  '^DonH  do  it  now^ 
there  is  plenty  of  time/'  You  have 
power  7tow  to  decide  to  do  either  the  one 
or  the  other.  Time  alone  will  deter- 
mine the  result  of  your  decision.  Which 
will  it  be? 

We  offer  a  few  words  here  in  confir- 
mation of  our  predictions  concerning 
Christ's  ^  ^second  coming"  and  the  **end 
of  the  world. ' '  These  predictions  should 
have  the  sanction: — 

First,  of  scriptural  revelation  and, 
Second,  since  the  world  in  a  manner 
must  be  ready  to  receive  him,  the  actions 
of  men  must  point  to  Christ's  ^^second 
coming;"  so  history  will  be  an  impor- 
tant factor  in  determining  the  time  of 
his  advent.  If  we  can  get  the  concur- 
ring evidence  of  these  two  important 
witnesses  we  have  a  pretty  clear  case 
♦Matt.  14:42,  43. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  211 

and  can  submit  it  with  confidence  to  the 
jury,  the  reading  public.  Concerning 
these  two  important  events,  in  the  year 
A.  D.  33  Jesus  said: — *^But  of  that  day 
and  hour  knoweth  no  man,  no,  not  even 
the  angels  of  heaven,  but  my  Father 
only. ' '  God's  plans  are  constantly  unfold- 
ing. This  was  spoken  before  St.  John  on 
the  isle  of  Patmos  revealed  '*what  must 
shortly  come  to  pass."  Subsequent 
events  of  history  and  prophecies,  ful- 
filled since  then,  enable  us  of  the  twen- 
tieth century  to  form  a  pretty  definite 
conclusion  as  to  when  to  look  for  the  end 
of  this  dispensation  and  for  the  '*end  of 
the  world'' 

Jesus  evidently  intended  that  we 
should  know,  for,  speaking  of  events  to 
transpire  just  prior  to  his  *  ^second  com- 
ing," he  said,  *^When  ye  shall  see  all 
these  things  know  that  it  is  near,  even 
at  the  doors."*  *^And  then  shall  ap- 
pear the  sign  of  the  Son  of  man  in 
*Matt.  24:33. 


212  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

heaven  (or  the  heavens),  and  he  shall 
send  his  angels  with  a  great  sound  of  a 
trumpet  and  they  shall  gather  together 
his  e  1  e  c  t  ^ ' — consecrated  Christians. 
What  about  the  unbelievers  and  the  un- 
converted Jews?  As  this  will  be  at  the 
beginning  of  the  millennial  period  they 
will  simply  be  **left,''  ;/^/ destroyed: — 
**I  tell  you  in  that  night  there  shall  be 
two  men  in  one  bed;  the  one  shall  be 
taken,  and  the  other  shall  be  left.  Two 
women  shall  be  grinding  together;  the 
one  shall  be  taken,  and  the  other  left. 
Two  men  shall  be  in  the  field;  the  one 
shall  be  taken,  and  the  other  left.'' 
**Then  shall  a  nation  be  born  at  once.'' 
How  can  that  be?  Because  all  that  are 
*neft"  will  know  that  Christianity  wais 
truth  so  that  all  will  at  once  become  be- 
lievers, but,  too  late  for  the  '*first  resur- 
rection," and  the  Jews  will  come  into 
power. 

Let  us  examine  the  proofs  that  **the 
time  is  near,  even  at  the  doors."    What 


And  the  Reason  Why.  213 

■ « 
did  Jesus  say  would  take  place  when  we 

should  know?  **For  there  shall  arise 
false  Christs  and  false  prophets  and  shall 
shew  great  signs  and  wonders;  insomuch 
that,  if  it  were  possible,  they  shall  de- 
ceive the  very  elect." 

After  Mohammed  who,  with  his  fol- 
lowers, is  undoubtedly  the  '*  false  proph- 
et'' of  Revelation,  and  who  does  not 
come  in  the  category  of  false  prophets 
referred  to  here  by  Christ,  we  pass  over 
several  hundreds  of  years,  during  which 
time,  except  in  a  few  instances  and  for 
short  periods,  to  be  an  avowed  Christian 
was  to  court  death. 

First,  from  zealous  fanatical  Jews; 

Second,  from  the  jealous  rivalry  of  the 
pagan  world,  and  later  from  bigoted, 
place-loving  priests  of  Romanism;  so 
that  the  incentive  to  become  noted  ad- 
herents to,  and  active  advocates  of,  the 
Christian  religion  was  lacking,  until  the 
abnormal  growth  of  Protestantism,  fol- 
lowing the  **great    reformation,"    sug" 


214  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

gested  to  Satan  the  feasibility  of  becom- 
ing **an  angel  of  light''  in  order  to  the 
more  effectually  '^deceive  the  nations." 
So   as  samples  of  the  false  Christs  and 
false  prophets,    spoken  of  by  Christ,  in 
these  latter  days,  we    have  had  Joseph 
Smith,  Sweinfurth,    Alexander    Dowie, 
and  others, — legitimate  products  of   the 
power  and  wealth  aspiring  age  in  which 
we  live;  and  now  comes  the  great  Mrs. 
Mary  Baker  G.  Eddy,  the  ^  ^discoverer  of 
Christian    Science.''     Just   think  of  it! 
Nearly  nineteen  hundred  years  of  doubt 
and   uncertainty.       Even    the    inspired 
apostles  were  not  up   to   the  standards 
set  by  this  modern    ' 'Jezebel."*     The 
martyrs  and  the  consecrated    Christians 
of   all   these   years   groped  in  darkness 
and   groaned   in    travail,    awaiting,    in 
breathless  suspense  and  expectancy,  for 
the  advent  of  **the  discoverer  of  Chris- 
tian Science." 

Sweinfurth  and  Dowie  are  dead,  so  are 

*Rev.  2:20. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  215 

their  pretensions.  Mormonismis  on  the 
wane;  it  has  *^been  weighed  in  the  bal- 
ance and  found  wanting;''  their  star  is 
fading  into  obscurity;  but  Christian  Sci- 
ence is  as  yet  on  the  ascendency,  and 
may,  we  predict  will,  prove  a  great 
'^antichrist." 

To  substantiate  our  belief  in  the  idea 
that  **seven times''  (7000  years)  will  be 
man's  probationary  period  on  earth,  we 
cite  our  observance  of  one-seventh  part 
of  time  as  a  day  of  rest.  All  ordinances 
given  to,  and  imposed  upon  the  Jews, 
the  only  people  of  whom  God  took  suf- 
ficient notice  to  give  them  laws,  until 
Christ  came,  were  typical  of  some  event, 
either  pointing  forward,  or,  like  the 
passover  feast,  referring  back  to  a  sub- 
stance of  which  these  ordinances  were 
but  **shadows."  In  the  light  of  subse- 
quent events  we  can  understand  the 
significance  of  these  ordinances,  and 
also  of  the  prophecies  concerning  the 
Messiah,  which,  when  he  was  ^'nailed  to 


216  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

the  cross,''  were  fulfilled  every  **jot  and 
tittle."  But  no  event  of  history,  either 
ancient  or  modern,  can,  by  any  stretch 
of  the  imagination,  be  said  to  be  the  sub- 
stance of  which  sabbath  observance  was, 
and  Sunday  keeping  is,  the  shadow.  It 
is  evident,  therefore,  that  some  event 
still  in  the  future  is  being  typified;  and 
since  sabbath-  or  Sunday-keeping  is  a 
division  of  time,  we  must  conclude  that 
a  division  of  time  is  to  be  the  substance 
just  as  the  shed  blood  of  animals  was  a 
type  of  the  blood  of  the  Christ. 

What  more  natural  then  than  that  we 
should  conclude  that  our  probationary  pe- 
riod on  earth  is  to  be  six  thousand  years  of 
work  corresponding  with  our  six  days  of 
labor  (a  free-for-all  fight  for  the  neces- 
saries and  luxuries  of  life,  and  a  fierce 
warfare  with  the  devil)  and  one  thou- 
sand years  of  rest,  the  millennium,  fore- 
shadowed (typified)  by  our  day  of  rest.* 

During  the  millennium  the  devil  will 
♦2  Peter  3:8. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  217 

be  **cast  into  prison,"  as  stated  else- 
where. Then  all  the  arts,  sciences,  and 
inventions  will  be  utilized  for  the  bene- 
fit of  all  mankind.  By  the  removal  of 
Satan's  power  and  influence  the  dispo- 
sition of  men,  and  even  of  animals,  will 
be  entirely  changed: — *^the  wolf  and  the 
lamb  shall  feed  together  and  the  lion- 
shall  eat  straw  like  the  bullock. ' '  *  *  And 
the  sucking  child  shall  play  on  the  hole 
of  the  asp,  and  the  weaned  child  shall 
put  his  hand  on  the  cockatrice'  den. 
They  shall  not  hurt  nor  destroy  in  all 
my  holy  mountain:  for  the  earth  shall  be 
fnll  of  the  knowledge  of  the  Lord,  as  the 
waters  cover  the  sea." 

We  will  now  examine  our  second  wit- 
ness, profane  history.  Within  the  last 
hundred  years  more  has  been  accom- 
plished toward  spreading  the  gospel  than 
was  done  during  the  eighteen  hundred 
years  preceding.  That  **the  king's  busi- 
ness requires  haste,  "is  exemplified  in  the 
Christian's  present  strenuous  effortsi   to 


218  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

spread  the  gospel,  and  well  may  we  be 
alert  and  active,  if  *Hhis  gospel  must 
be  preached  among  all  nations"  so  that 
**all  shall  know  the  Lord"  when  he 
comes,  if  Christ  is  to  come  within  a  hun- 
dred years,  and  only  one-fourth  of  the 
inhabitants  of  the  earth  have  heard  the 
,  gospel  up  to  the  present  time.  But  the 
**signs  of  the  times"  point  to  the  ful- 
fillment of  this  prophecy.  Electrical 
power,  wireless  telegraphy  and  the  fly- 
ing machine  are  swift  and  efficient  agen- 
cies for  the  dissemination  of  knowledge, 
and  the  heathen  nations,  knowing  that 
they  are  the  product  of  Christian  civ- 
ilization will  be  quick  to  imitate  the  na- 
tions whose  God  endows  them  with  such 
superior  intelligence. 

The  most  significant  and  positive  proofs 
that  ''every  creature"  will  have  heard 
of  Christ  within  a  hundred  years  are: — 
First,  that,  at  the  beginning  this  cen- 
tury, this  last  hundred  years  of  work, 
England     conquered     the    Boers,    who 


And  the  Reason  Why.  219 

barred,  the  way  of  progress,  and  thus 
opened  the  heart  of  Africa  to  civilization. 

Second,  the  United  States* Hook  over" 
the  Philippine  islands,  only  the  borders 
of  which  Spain  had  touched  with 
but  a  crude  civilization  in  three  hun- 
dred years,  and. 

Third,  the  armies  of  the  combined 
Christian  nations  of  the  world  marched 
to  the  capital  of  the  greatest  heathen 
nation  on  earth,  China,  with  its  four 
hundred  millions  of  idol  worshipers, 
thus  rendering  further  hostile  opposition 
to  Christian  missionaries  there  very  im- 
probable, tho  we  must  not  expect  much 
of  the  '^heathen  Chinee"  for  some  time 
to  come.  We  might  also  add  that 
Japan's  war  with  Russia  will  make  for 
Christian  civilization.  So  we  have  most 
emphatic  corroborative  evidence  from 
our  two  witnesses, prophecy  and  history, 
that  our  prophetic  verse  is  correct: — 


220  The  DeviFs  Rebellion, 

Two  thousand  years  the  patriarchal 

Age  held  sway  upon  the  earth;  * 

Two  thousand  years  the  Jewish  nation 

Waxed  mighty  from  an  humble  birth. 
Two  thousand  years  of  Christian  era 

Will  bring  the  Saviour  back  again, 
Will  you  be  found  among  the  Christians 

When  he  divides  the  sons  of  men? 

Before  bidding  you  adieu,  Gentle 
Reader,  we  wish  to  present  a  momentous 
thought  for  your  earnest  consideration: 
It  is  an  undeniable  fact  that,  outside  of 
the  Bible,  no  possible  glimpse  is  given 
us  of  a  future  life  beyond  the  grave. 
Unless  you  can  prove  beyond  the  shadow 
of  a  doubt  that'  *  there  is  no  resurrection  of 
the  dead;"  which  you  cannot  do,  does  it 
not  seem  the  only  sensible  course  to 
pursue  to  accept  the  only  book,  the 
Bible,  as  a  guide  and  follow  its  teach- 
ings in  order  to  attain  to  the  higher, 
better  immortal  life  in  the  never-ending 
hereafter? 

The  history  of  the  last  nineteen  hun- 
dred years  proves  the  truth  or  Chris- 
tianity.     But    why   should     you   ask, 


And  the  Reason  Why.  221 

or  expect  the  Christian  to  prove  his 
doctrine?  He  does  not  have  to  prove  it. 
He  is  better  off  even  here  than  the  un- 
believer, for  he  has  an  ** enlarged  hope''* 
that  *  ^springs  eternal  in  the  human 
breast."  The  burden  of  proof  rests  on 
the  unbeliever;  who,  unless  he  can  prove 
that  Christianity  is  false,  which  he 
can  not  do,  is  in  danger  of  an  eternal 
fire-and-brimstone  hell. 

TheBible  tells  us  that, once havingbeen 
born  into  the  world,  our  spirits  cannot 
die,  are  as  indestructible  as  the  God  that 
gave  them  life;  we  must  exist  eternally, 
either  as  reimbodied,  glorified  children 
and  heirs  of  God  in  heaven,  or.  as 
* 'naked' 't  souls  with  the  devil  and  his 
imps  in  hell.  Is  it  reasonable,  is  xt  just 
that  the  self-sacrificing  Christian,  who 
does  all  in  his  power  for  the  good  of 
humanity,  shall  receive  no  greater  re- 
ward than,  and  be  compelled  to  associate 
with,  the  vilest  thieves  and  murderers 
♦!  Pet.  1-3:5.      fRev.  3:18. 


222  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

throughout  the  ages  of  eternity?  And 
where  are  you  going  to  draw  the  line  if 
not  where  the  word  of  God  draws  it,  be- 
tween those  who  accept  Christ  and  do  his 
will  and  those  who  reject  ''the  only  be- 
gotten Son  of  God?" 

Out  of  the  eternal  ages,  which  have 
neither  beginning  nor  end,  God  has 
given  you  a  few  short  years  in  which  to 
make  choice  of  ''good  or  evilj^yV^i"/  one 
chance. 

When  God  sent  his  Son,  the  Saviour 
Jesus  Christ,  into  the  world,  to  show 
you  and  me  the  way  of  eternal  life,  and 
offered  him  a  sacrifice  for  the  sins  of  the 
human  family,  he  met  every  reasonable 
requirement.  .  If  you  are  not  on  the 
"right  hand"*  on  that  great  day  "when 
he  comes  to  judge  the  world,"  you  will 
have  no  words  of  censure  or  blame  for 
your  God  or  for  his  Christ  that  you  have 
not  been  fairly  dealt  with.  Nay,  rather 
you  will  "call  on  the  mountains  and 
*Matt.  25:33,34. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  223 

rocks  to  fall  on  you  and  hide  you  from 
the  face  of  him  that  sitteth  on  thethrone, 
and  from  the  wrath  of  the  Lamb." 

God  does  not  expect  impossibilities  of 
you;  say  in  your  heart,  ^^get  thee  behind 
me, Satan,"  give  God's  word  the  benefit 
of  every  doubt;  try  as  hard  to  believe  as 
you  have  tried  to  not  believe;  *4ay  hold 
of"  that  which  you  can  understand  and- 
do  those  things  necessary  to  become  a 
**child  of  the  King,"  with  a  determina- 
tion to  know  more  of  his  plans,  and  re- 
member **Jesus  will  help  if  you  try." 

Mortal  ^4ifeis  but  a  span,"  a  brief 
space  of  time  for  one  and  all  of  the  sons 
and  daughters  of  men;  ere  long  **sleep's 
half-brother;"  the  much-dreaded  mon- 
ster. Death,  will  invade  your  secret 
chamber,  will  fan  your  fevered  brow,  or 
your  pale  blanched  cheek  with  his  chill 
December  breath;  in  solemn,  awe- 
inspiring  tones  will  his  imperative  man- 
date for  the  dissolution  of  your  mortal 
body  beat   against  the  tender,  vibrating 


224  The  Devil's  Rebellion, 

membrane  of  your  ear-drums;  the  mys- 
tic,ghost-like  spectre  of  his  magic  wand 
will  scintillate  before  your  fast-failing 
vision  and  his  frost-benumbed  fingers 
will  dutch  with  vise-like  grip  the  ten- 
drils of  your  pulsating  heart  and  stop  the 
incessant  flow  of  your  life  blood.  Then 
will  God's  beautiful  earth,  with  friends 
and  foes  alike,  fade  from  your  mortal 
vision,  your  material  body  loose  its  hold 
upon  your  imprisoned  soul, — God's  im- 
perial gift  to  you.  Then  will  your 
never-dying  spirit  be  wafted  upward,  a 
shining,  joyous  being,  to  **reign  with 
Christ,"  in  God's  heavenly  kingdom,  or 
as  a  shivering,  cringing,  *4iaked," 
polluted  thing,  be  thrust  down  to  hell 
to  endure  the  * 'torments"  of  a  burning 
'Aflame"  and  of  an  accusing  conscience 
forever. 

Do  you  know  of  some  one  who  has 
committed  a  wrong — has  sinned  against 
you?     Forget  it. 

Do  you  know  of  some  act  of  charity — 


And  the  Reason  Why.  225 

some  labor  of  love — a  friend,  an  ac- 
quaintance, or  even  an  enemy  has  per- 
formed? Do  not  forget  it;  tell  about 
it,  and  let  the  one  who  did  the  deed 
of  kindness  know  that  you  know  about 
it.  Scatter  sunshine  all  along  life's 
pathway;  think  pleasant  thoughts, 
speak  pleasant  words;  '*for  with  what 
measure  ye  mete,  it  shall  be  meas- 
ured to  you  again.''  **  Whatsoever  things 
are  true,  whatsoever  things  are  honest, 
whatsoever  things  are  pure,  whatsoever 
things  are  lovely,  whatsoever  things  are 
of  good  report;  if  there  be  any  virtue, 
and  if  there  be  any  praise,  think  on 
these  things."* 

Do  not  forget  that  God  is  giving  you 
your  chance  now^  today ;  \vhat  are  you 
going  to  do  about  it? 

In    conclusion,     dear   brother,   sister, 

friend,  we  would  ask  you  to  search  down 

deep  in  your  heart  and  answer  us  truly, 

have  we  not  kept  our  promise,   made  in 

*Phil.  4:8. 


226  The   Devirs  Rebellion, 

our   preface    poem,    to    lead    you    to    a 
knowledge  of: — 

Why  God  allows  so  much  sin  and  strife, 

And  also  why  we  all  must  die. 
And  of  the  other  vexing  questions 

Have  we  not  told  the  reasons  why.? 
Who  the  devil  formerly  was 

And  what  he  did  to  merit  hell; 
How,  when  our  spirits  are  freed  from  earth 

They  find  a  better  place  to  dwell? 

There  is  but  one  mortal  existence; 

We  cannot  come  this  way  again. 
Then  let  us  not,  when  death  shall  find  us. 

Regret,  and  say  "what  might  have  been.'* 
This  life  is  fleeting,  transitory. 

Our  mortal  life  ends  at  the  grave. 
Say,  will  you  then  prepare  for  glory 

Your  never-dying  soul  to  save? 

'Twas  God  who  sent  the  loving  Saviour, 

Who  died  the  death  upon  the  cross; 
Prepared  the  way  for  our  salvation, 

That  sons  of  men  might  not  be  lost; 
And  God  is  now  preparing  mansions* 

For  His  saints  in  heaven  above: 
And  there  throughout  the  endless  ages 

May  Christians  dwell  in  peace  and  love. 


*Jude  14:2. 


And  the  Reason  Why.  227 

Two  thousand  years  the  patriarchal 

Age  held  sway  upon  the  earth; 
Two  thousand  years  the  Jewish  nation 

Waxed  mighty  from  an  humble  birth; 
Two  thousand  years  of  Christian  era 

Will  bring  the  Saviour  back  again; 
Will  you  be  found  among  the  righteous 

When  He  divides  the  sons  of  men? 

Jesus,  the  L/ord,  will  come  from  heaven; 

Bring  hosts  of  saints  and  angels  too; 
When  he  comes  in  his  shining  glory, t 

Say,  will  the  Saviour  call  for  you?:j: 

^Matt.  16:27,  24:31.     JJude  1:14. 


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